![]() ![]() From the very earliest times, Islamic scholars have endeavoured to define the exact shades of meaning which differentiate the two terms. Both the divine epithets rahman and rahim are derived from the noun rahmah, which signifies "mercy", "compassion", "loving tenderness" and, more comprehensively, "grace". In all other instances, the invocation "in the name of God" precedes the surah as such, and is not counted among its verses. According to most of the authorities, this invocation (which occurs at the beginning of every surah with the exception of surah 9) constitutes an integral part of "The Opening" and is, therefore, numbered as verse. ![]()
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