رَحِمَهُmercy

Example sentences

• وقال الربيع رحمه الله تعالى قال لي الشافعي يا ربيع

  And al‑Rabīʿ, may Allah have mercy on him, said: 'Al‑Shāfiʿī said to me, "O Rabīʿ..."'

  رَحِمَهُ — may he have mercy on him. Past-tense verb, 'he had mercy', with 'him' attached as object, part of a blessing-formula. Its subject (Allah) follows; the whole is the set phrase 'may Allah have mercy on him'.

  From: The Pilgrim's Conduct →

• قَالَ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ عَنْ كِتَابِ الْفُنُونِ وَهَذَا الْكِتَابُ مِئَتَا مُجَلَّدٍ،

  He, may God have mercy on him, said about the Book of the Arts: This book consists of two hundred volumes.

  رَحِمَهُ — have mercy on him. A past-tense verb of mercy with -hu ('him') as its object, opening a parenthetical blessing on the person quoted. Though past in form, such a prayer reads as a wish, 'may He have mercy on him'. The -hu points to the scholar, and the subject is supplied by the next word.

  From: A Life of Reading and Writing →

• وَيَقُولُ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ

  And he says, may God have mercy on him:

  رَحِمَهُ — may God have mercy on him. Part of a fixed blessing said after naming someone who has died; grammatically it is a past-form verb 'had mercy' read as a wish, with a tag-pronoun 'him' on its end. The whole formula functions as a set phrase rather than a literal report.

  From: A Life of Reading and Writing →

• كَمْ كَانَ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ مُتَحَدِّثًا بَارِعًا،

  How eloquent a speaker he was, may God have mercy on him.

  رَحِمُهُ — have mercy on him. Part of a fixed blessing inserted into the sentence; grammatically a past-form verb 'had mercy' read as a wish, with a 'him' tail. It is a set parenthetical formula, not a literal report, slotted in after the subject.

  From: The Preacher's Legacy →

• كَمَا تَمَيَّزَ اِبْنُ الْجَوْزِيِّ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى إِضَافَةً إِلَى

  Moreover, Ibn al-Jawzi, may God have mercy on him, was distinguished, in addition to

  رَحِمَهُ — may He have mercy on him. Part of a fixed blessing, a past-form verb 'had mercy' read as a wish, carrying a 'him' tail. It is an inserted devotional formula, not a literal report, slotted in after the name.

  From: The Preacher's Legacy →

• كَمَا كَانَ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ مُتَحَدِّثًا بَارِعًا،

  He was also, may God have mercy on him, an accomplished speaker,

  رَحِمَهُ — have mercy on him. Part of a fixed blessing, a past-form verb 'had mercy' read as a wish with a 'him' tail, inserted parenthetically. It is a set devotional formula completed by the divine name that follows.

  From: Sermons, Wit, and Sorrow →

• كَمَا تَمَيَّزَ اِبْنُ الْجَوْزِيِّ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى

  Likewise, Ibn al-Jawzi, may God, the Exalted, have mercy on him, was distinguished.

  رَحِمَهُ — have mercy on him. Part of a fixed blessing, a past-form verb 'had mercy' read as a wish, with a 'him' tail, inserted parenthetically. It is a set devotional formula completed by the divine name that follows.

  From: Sermons, Wit, and Sorrow →

• تَزَوَّجَ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ مَرَّتَيْنِ

  He married twice; may God have mercy on him.

  رَحِمَهُ — have mercy on him. Part of a fixed blessing inserted into the sentence, a past-form 'had mercy' read as a wish with a 'him' tail. It is a set devotional formula, not a literal report, completed by the divine name that follows.

  From: Sermons, Wit, and Sorrow →

• ذِكْرٌ أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ سَهْلِ التُسْتَرِيِّ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ قَالَ

  It is reported that Abdullah ibn Sahl al-Tustari, may God have mercy on him, said:

  رَحِمَهُ — may have mercy on him. A past-tense verb of showing mercy with '-hu' ('him') fused on as its object, opening the set blessing 'may God have mercy on him'. The verb comes first and the doer (God) follows, the standard shape of such a prayer-formula dropped in after a name.

  From: The Four Inner Guards →

• قال الامام الحافظ أبو الفضل القاضي عياض ﵀

  Imam Al-Hafiz Abu Al-Fadl Qadi Iyad, may Allah have mercy on him, said:

  ﵀ — may Allah have mercy on him. A single ligature glyph standing for the set prayer 'may God have mercy on him', said after a deceased scholar's name. It is a fixed honorific formula, treated as one frozen unit rather than parsed word by word.

  From: Honoring the Quran →