The Exalted, said; “And Allah is Rich (Free of all needs) and He is Most-Forbearing.” (Al-Baqrah: 263)
The Linguistic Meaning:
Al-Haleem: The extreme of forbearing.
He is the Most Forbearing, possessing complete ability to forgive, being able to pardon the unfaithful slave and the disbelievers, forbidding His Immediate Punishment from reaching the oppressors, for He is Patient with them but not forgetting them. He is Able to pardon in spite of His Perfect Ability to punish. He is Forbearing towards disobedient slaves that He provides them - with obedient slaves - multiple graces. He waits for the disobedient slaves until they return to the truth and faith. And without His Forgiveness, the heavens and the earth would have perished, as He, the Exalted, said: “ Verily! Allah grasps the heavens and the earth lest they should move away from their places, and if they were to move away from their places, there is not one that could grasp them after Him. Truly, He is Ever Most Forbearing, Oft- Forgiving ”. (Fatir: 41). He is Most Forbearing, gives His slaves abundance and yet they don’t thank Him, and still He doesn’t punish them or harm them. This sublime Lordly act may teach the creatures to learn from His Pardoning, to not harm those who are ungrateful to them.
The Grandeur of Al-Haleem
No one is more patient or more pardoning than Him All-Mighty, for He postpones this life’s punishment over the disbelievers, as they enjoy His Graces and Luxuries, peace be upon him said: “No one is patient about the harm that is heard more than God, they make a parallel to Him, they make a son of Him and yet He provides them with abundance, health and gifts.”
He shows the slave how pardoning and generous He is, for He conceals the sins, and guards the slave in spite of his disobedience; therefore, this must be the highest and grandest of all types of forbearing.
