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رَحْمَة

Rahma: meaning of the name

Girl Arabic origin Raḥma

In the QuranVirtue

“Mercy”, the tenderness that moves one to do good

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The word as it is recited in the Quran: Mahmoud Khalil Al-Hussary, Al-Anbya 21:107.

Rahma in Islam

The word occurs more than a hundred and ten times in the Quran: “We have not sent you except as a mercy to the worlds” (21:107); “My mercy encompasses all things” (7:156). The Prophet ﷺ said: “When Allah completed creation, He wrote in a Book which is with Him above the Throne: My mercy prevails over My wrath” (al-Bukhari 3194).

Meaning of the name Rahma

Rahma is the noun of the root r-h-m, that of the womb (rahim) and of Allah’s names al-Rahman and al-Rahim: it is the tenderness of heart that moves one to do good to those in need. The name is borne throughout the Arab world and in West Africa.

In Arabic
رَحْمَة رحمة
Transliteration
Raḥma
Root
ر ح م · 339 occurrences in the Quran
Gender
Girl
Origin
Arabic

Is Rahma in the Quran?

Yes: the word Rahma appears in the Quran 114 times, in 37 surahs.

وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَٰكَ إِلَّا رَحْمَةً لِّلْعَٰلَمِينَ ۝١٠٧

And We have not sent you, [O Muḥammad], except as a mercy to the worlds.

Surah Al-Anbya, Verse 107

وَٱكْتُبْ لَنَا فِى هَٰذِهِ ٱلدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً وَفِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ إِنَّا هُدْنَآ إِلَيْكَ قَالَ عَذَابِىٓ أُصِيبُ بِهِۦ مَنْ أَشَآءُ وَرَحْمَتِى وَسِعَتْ كُلَّ شَىْءٍ فَسَأَكْتُبُهَا لِلَّذِينَ يَتَّقُونَ وَيُؤْتُونَ ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا يُؤْمِنُونَ ۝١٥٦

And decree for us in this world [that which is] good and [also] in the Hereafter; indeed, we have turned back to You." [Allāh] said, "My punishment - I afflict with it whom I will, but My mercy encompasses all things." So I will decree it [especially] for those who fear Me and give zakāh and those who believe in Our verses-

Surah Al-A’raf, Verse 156

قُلْ يَٰعِبَادِىَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَسْرَفُوا۟ عَلَىٰٓ أَنفُسِهِمْ لَا تَقْنَطُوا۟ مِن رَّحْمَةِ ٱللَّهِ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَغْفِرُ ٱلذُّنُوبَ جَمِيعًا إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلْغَفُورُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ۝٥٣

Say, "O My servants who have transgressed against themselves [by sinning], do not despair of the mercy of Allāh. Indeed, Allāh forgives all sins. Indeed, it is He who is the Forgiving, the Merciful."

Surah Az-Zumar, Verse 53

ثُمَّ تَوَلَّيْتُم مِّنۢ بَعْدِ ذَٰلِكَ فَلَوْلَا فَضْلُ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَتُهُۥ لَكُنتُم مِّنَ ٱلْخَٰسِرِينَ ۝٦٤

Then you turned away after that. And if not for the favor of Allāh upon you and His mercy, you would have been among the losers.

Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 64

108 other verses

All the words of the root ر ح م in the Quran (339 occurrences)

In the hadiths

Authentic Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sahih Muslim 2752a

Allah divided mercy into one hundred parts. He retained with Him ninety-nine parts and sent down to earth one part. Because of this one part, creatures show mercy towards each other, so much so that an animal lifts its hoof away from its youngster lest it should hurt it

Abu Hurayrah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) reported that the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Allah made mercy into one hundred parts. He retained with Him ninety-nine parts and sent down to earth one part. Because of this one part, creatures show mercy…

جَعَلَ اللَّهُ الرَّحْمَةَ مِائَةَ جُزْءٍ فَأَمْسَكَ عِنْدَهُ تِسْعَةً وَتِسْعِينَ وَأَنْزَلَ فِي الأَرْضِ جُزْءًا وَاحِدًا فَمِنْ ذَلِكَ الْجُزْءِ تَتَرَاحَمُ الْخَلاَئِقُ حَتَّى تَرْفَعَ الدَّابَّةُ حَافِرَهَا عَنْ…

Narrated by Abu Hurayrah + 8 other versions Explained

Is this name permissible?

No text or scholarly opinion concerns the name Rahma in particular: the general rules of Islam apply.

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Writing Rahma in each language

French
Rahma, Rahmah
English
Rahma, Rahmah
Spanish
Rahma
Turkish
Rahme
Arabic
رَحْمَة

Similar names

Same root (ر ح م)

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