الغفور

al-Ghafur — The Forgiving. It is name number 34 in the enumeration of God's most beautiful names in the hadith of Abu Hurayra (may God be pleased with him) at al-Tirmidhi ¹; Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya devoted a chapter of Jala' al-Afham to explaining these names ².

The name occurs in the Qur'an, among them: 10:107، 12:98، 15:49، 18:58، 28:16، 34:2، 39:53، 42:5، 46:8، 67:2، 85:14.

Abu Hurayra reports: 'God has ninety-nine names — a hundred less one; whoever enumerates them enters Paradise' ³.