Compassion in Islam Ameer Mustapha Elturk 11-18-08 All praise and thanks are due to God almighty, and may His peace and blessings be upon His apostles, prophets and messengers starting with Adam, including Noah, Abraham, Moses, Jesus and ending with Muhammad. Compassion is a trait inherent in man and is granted to him by his creator, the most compassionate, the most merciful God. The word compassion in Arabic is Rahmah. It is one of God's attributes used repeatedly in the Qur'an, the Muslim's Holy Scripture. The Book begins with, “In the name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful.” Some scholars translate the words Rahman and Raheem, two adjectives derived from the same root word that means mercy and according to their pattern of exaggerated attributes, as the most compassionate, the ever merciful. This word, Rahmah, (mercy, compassion) and its various derivatives have been used more than...Read More...