The Mercy of Believers

When you ask the people around you, What is mercy? or How would you define mercy?, you would, most probably, receive a variety of responses and illustrations. Some say that a neighbour feeding stray dogs on the street is the most compassionate person they have ever met. Others illustrate mercy with the interest and sincerity shown by a relative when they were sick. Others, on the other hand, regard a friend weeping for someone who has passed away as a symbol of mercy. These definitions largely resemble one another. However, none of them offers the definition of mercy in its real sense.

This book provides an account of the believers' understanding of mercy, which depends on the love of Allah, their practicing this goodness at every moment of human life, in accordance with the injunctions of the Qur'an, and the persons to whom they show mercy.

Similarly, this book is an invitation to all people to live by the moral standards with which Allah is pleased and to demonstrate mercy as described in the Qur'an. Allah has promised forgiveness and an immense reward (Surat al-Fath: 29) to His servants who believe, who are compassionate towards believers and engage in righteous deeds.