✦ WEEK 5 VALUE
Mercyالرحمة
Gentleness and compassion toward people, animals, and yourself — reflecting the One whose mercy encompasses all things.
✦ FROM THE QURAN
"My mercy encompasses all things." — Al-A‘raf 7:156
✦ FROM THE SUNNAH
"The merciful are shown mercy by the Most Merciful. Be merciful to those on earth, and the One above the heavens will be merciful to you." — Sunan at-Tirmidhi 1924 (sahih)
✦ LIVE IT THIS WEEK
Forgive one small slight today without mentioning it to anyone.
Stories that carry this value
Prophets
Yusuf: The Dream, the Well, and the Forgiveness
Betrayed by his brothers, sold as a slave, imprisoned though innocent — and raised by Allah to the treasuries of Egypt, where he met his brothers again and chose mercy.
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Ta'if: The Hardest Day, the Greatest Mercy
Stoned out of Ta'if and bleeding, the Prophet ﷺ was offered vengeance by the angel of the mountains — and answered with a hope that reached us all.
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The Tree That Wept
When the Prophet ﷺ moved to a new minbar, the old palm trunk he used to lean on cried like a child — until he came back and comforted it.
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