The forbearing who does not hasten punishment
Names of forgiveness, generosity, nearness and enduring hope.
33 / 99 · Mercy and graceالحليم
Al-Halim
The forbearing who does not hasten punishment
Mercy and grace
Al-Halim points to the meaning: the forbearing who does not hasten punishment. It is read as a divine perfection, never reduced to the limited qualities of creation.
From knowing to conduct.
Reading this name calls us to turn mercy into forgiveness, kindness and hope for others.
04 / Prayer with this name“O Al-Halim; Do not deprive us of Your mercy; give hope to our hearts and compassion to our conduct.”
A reflective prayer based on the meaning
This page follows a widely transmitted 99-name sequence. Exact Quranic wording, derivation from the same root and occurrence in a transmitted list are distinct; no verse attribution is made without that distinction.