The Quran tells us that" God breathed some of His spirit in man"right at the primeval stage of His creation (15:29)
From this,our learned exegesists have deduced that human beings possess,inherently,the traces of Divine attributes. This inference finds a very firm support from a reliable ,non-controversial Hadith that the Holy Prophet(Peace be upon Him)once explained through a parable that Almighty Allah divided 'mercy" into a hundred parts,retained ninety nine parts Himself and allowed the hundredth fraction to trickle down to earth,and creatures stems entirely from this part that trickles below from the high heavens,so much so that an animal is careful enough that its hooves do not hurt its new born offspring.
the very open surah of the Quran introduces its readers to the two most dominant attributes of beneficence and mercy predicated to the Creator–sustainer of the universe who is Beneficent (Al- Rahman)and Merciful(Al-Rahim).the latter attribute occurs repeatedly on innumerable occasions in the Holy Book , far more than the attribute of Al-Rahman. infact,Allah says Himself:“My mercy embraces all the things”(7:156).He also says that He sent His last prophet “not but as a mercy for all the peoples of the world”(21:107)
Here are some of the relevent quotations from the Quran:
Prophet Moses prayed to Almighty Allah;" thou art the most merciful of all who show mercy"(7:151)
Prophet Jacob said to his sons;" Almighty Allah is better at guarding ,as He is the most merciful of those who show mercy"(12:64)
Prophet Joseph said to his brothers about God’s forgiveness:“as He is the most merciful of those who show mercy”(12:92)
The Quran is replete with exhortations for the mercy and forgiveness towards those who repent.the most glaring instance of granting pardon to offenders who choose to seek forgiveness is that of the three madinite beleivers ,who were ostracized with the Holy Prophet’s assent ,because of a serious misdeed but were forgiven ,through a relevation,when they repented earnestly.
According to the Quran God in not far off and distant from His(SWT) creation. He is in their midst,eager to help those who turn to Him and ready to respond to those who pray to Him when in difficulty or in distress. Prophet Saleh ,an arabian Prophet sent to the tribe of Thamud ,advised his people to “ask forgiveness from Allah and turn to Him in repentence, as He is quite near and is responsive”(11:61)
And (remember) when your Lord said to the angels: "I am going to create a man (Adam) from dried (sounding) clay of altered mud. ‘’) (29. "So, when I have fashioned him completely and breathed into him (Adam) of My spirit (the soul which I created for him,) then fall down, prostrating yourselves before him.‘’) (30. So the angels prostrated themselves, all of them together.) (31. Except Iblis (Shaytan) - he refused to be among the prostrate.) (32. (Allah) said: "O Iblis! What is your reason for not being among the prostrate’’ (33. [Iblis] said: "I am not one to prostrate myself to a human, whom You created from dried (sounding) clay of altered mud.‘’)
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YUSUFALI: "When I have fashioned him (in due proportion) and breathed into him of My spirit, fall ye down in obeisance unto him."
PICKTHAL: So, when I have made him and have breathed into him of My Spirit, do ye fall down, prostrating yourselves unto him.
SHAKIR: So when I have made him complete and breathed into him of My spirit, fall down making obeisance to him.
The Quran tells us that" God breathed some of His spirit in man"right at the primeval stage of His creation (15:29)