عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رضى الله عنه قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّـهِ ﷺ: «لَـمَّا قَضَى اللهُ الخَلْقَ كَتَبَ فِي كِتَابِهِ، فَهُوَ عِنْدَهُ فَوْقَ العَرْشِ: إِنَّ رَحْمَتِي غَلَبَتْ غَضَبِي
30 - Mercy and justice in God’s decree
Abu Hurayrah narrated that the Prophet (peace be upon him) said:
1. When God brought His creation into existence, He wrote in His Book, 2. which is with Him above the Throne: 3. My Mercy prevails over My Wrath.
Related by al-Bukhari, 3194; Muslim, 2751.
Related Quranic Verses
Your Lord has committed Himself to bestow grace and mercy: if any of you does a bad deed out of ignorance, and then repents and mends his ways, He will be much-forgiving, ever-merciful.
(6: 54)
My grace encompasses all things; so I will confer it on those who steer away from evil, and spend in charity, and who believe in Our signs.
(7: 156)
Our Lord! You embrace all things with [Your] grace and knowledge. Forgive, then, those who turn to You in repentance and follow Your path, and shield them from the suffering in the blazing Fire.
(40: 7)
