Is it true that some exegetes said that the name al-Rahman is general and the name al-Rahim is specific?
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The student: Some exegetes mentioned that al-Rahman is broader than al-Rahim and includes disbelievers, whereas al-Rahim is specific to the believers..?
The Shaykh : Yes, some of them mentioned it this way, saying: al-Rahman is general and al-Rahim is specific. But what we mentioned is better, and Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allah have mercy on him) drew attention to it, I think in *Bada'i' al-Fawa'id*. Yes.
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الرحمن الرحيمThe Shaykh : Yes, some of them mentioned it this way, saying: al-Rahman is general and al-Rahim is specific. But what we mentioned is better, and Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allah have mercy on him) drew attention to it, I think in *Bada'i' al-Fawa'id*. Yes.