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رَحِمَ
raḥima
(lit., womb — hence, motherly mercy and compassion)
Definition
- 1رَحِمَraḥimato show mercy and compassion to327
- 2أَرْحَامarḥāmwomb, or blood/womb relatives (who show compassion to each other)12
Total uses in the Qur’an: 339
Qur’anic usage
Sense 1
رَحِمَ · يَرْحَمُ · تُرْحَمُونَ · رَحْمَة · الرَّحْمَٰنُ · الرَّحِيمُ · رَحِيمٌ · أَرْحَمُ · الرَّاحِمِينَ
إِلَّا مَنْ رَحِمَ اللَّهُ
… except those shown mercy by Allah.
44:42draft glosses: 4 of 4
لَعَلَّكُمْ تُرْحَمُونَ
… so you may be shown mercy.
3:132draft glosses: 2 of 2
أُولَٰئِكَ يَرْجُونَ رَحْمَتَ اللَّهِ وَاللَّهُ غَفُورٌ رَحِيمٌ
They can hope for Allah’s mercy. And Allah is All-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
2:218draft glosses: 7 of 7
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
In the Name of Allah—the Most Compassionate, Most Merciful.
1:1draft glosses: 4 of 4
يُدْخِلُ مَنْ يَشَاءُ فِي رَحْمَتِهِ
He admits whoever He wills into His mercy.
76:31draft glosses: 5 of 5
وَٱعْفُ عَنَّا وَٱغْفِرْ لَنَا وَٱرْحَمْنَآ
And pardon us, forgive us, and have mercy on us.
2:286draft glosses: 5 of 5
وَأَدْخِلْنَا فِي رَحْمَتِكَ وَأَنْتَ أَرْحَمُ الرَّاحِمِينَ
And admit us into Your mercy. You are the Most Merciful of the merciful.
7:151draft glosses: 6 of 6
Sense 2
أَرْحَام · الْأَرْحَام
هُوَ الَّذِي يُصَوِّرُكُمْ فِي الْأَرْحَامِ كَيْفَ يَشَاءُ
He is the One Who shapes you in the wombs of your mothers as He wills.
3:6draft glosses: 7 of 7
وَأُولُو الْأَرْحَامِ بَعْضُهُمْ أَوْلَىٰ بِبَعْضٍ
And ˹only˺ blood relatives are entitled to inherit from one another.
8:75draft glosses: 5 of 5
لَن تَنفَعَكُمْ أَرْحَامُكُمْ
Your blood ties will not benefit you.
60:3draft glosses: 3 of 3
DawahAgent2026-06-10 · reviewed