Selected passages preserve the named source’s wording; translations differ. The studio’s activities and interpretations are original reflections, not additional scripture.
Islam · Rahmah, mercy & compassion
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
Qur’an 1:1
Marmaduke Pickthall · 1930 English rendering · complete ayah as transcribed by Islamic Internet Archives
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Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
Islam · Rahmah, mercy & compassion
Praise be to Allah, Lord of the Worlds,
Qur’an 1:2
Marmaduke Pickthall · 1930 English rendering · complete ayah as transcribed by Islamic Internet Archives
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Read the surrounding ayat and surah. This is an English rendering of meanings, not the Arabic Qur’an or a ruling about a specific person. Studio application is an invitation to explore rahmah, mercy & compassion, not the only interpretation of the text.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
Islam · Rahmah, mercy & compassion
The Beneficent, the Merciful.
Qur’an 1:3
Marmaduke Pickthall · 1930 English rendering · complete ayah as transcribed by Islamic Internet Archives
Context before application
Read the surrounding ayat and surah. This is an English rendering of meanings, not the Arabic Qur’an or a ruling about a specific person. Studio application is an invitation to explore rahmah, mercy & compassion, not the only interpretation of the text.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
Islam · Rahmah, mercy & compassion
Say: Unto whom belongeth whatsoever is in the heavens and the earth? Say: Unto Allah. He hath prescribed for Himself mercy, that He may bring you all together to the Day of Resurrection whereof there is no doubt. Those who ruin their souls will not believe.
Qur’an 6:12
Marmaduke Pickthall · 1930 English rendering · complete ayah as transcribed by Islamic Internet Archives
Context before application
Read the surrounding ayat and surah. This is an English rendering of meanings, not the Arabic Qur’an or a ruling about a specific person. Studio application is an invitation to explore rahmah, mercy & compassion, not the only interpretation of the text.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
Islam · Rahmah, mercy & compassion
And when those who believe in Our revelations come unto thee, say: Peace be unto you! Your Lord hath prescribed for Himself mercy, that whoso of you doeth evil through ignorance and repenteth afterward thereof and doeth right, (for him) lo! He is Forgiving, Merciful.
Qur’an 6:54
Marmaduke Pickthall · 1930 English rendering · complete ayah as transcribed by Islamic Internet Archives
Context before application
Read the surrounding ayat and surah. This is an English rendering of meanings, not the Arabic Qur’an or a ruling about a specific person. Studio application is an invitation to explore rahmah, mercy & compassion, not the only interpretation of the text.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
Islam · Rahmah, mercy & compassion
And ordain for us in this world that which is good, and in the Hereafter (that which is good), Lo! We have turned unto Thee. He said: I smite with My punishment whom I will, and My mercy embraceth all things, therefore I shall ordain it for those who ward off (evil) and pay the poor-due, and those who believe Our revelations;
Qur’an 7:156
Marmaduke Pickthall · 1930 English rendering · complete ayah as transcribed by Islamic Internet Archives
Context before application
Read the surrounding ayat and surah. This is an English rendering of meanings, not the Arabic Qur’an or a ruling about a specific person. Studio application is an invitation to explore rahmah, mercy & compassion, not the only interpretation of the text.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
Islam · Rahmah, mercy & compassion
Announce, (O Muhammad) unto My slaves that verily I am the Forgiving, the Merciful,
Qur’an 15:49
Marmaduke Pickthall · 1930 English rendering · complete ayah as transcribed by Islamic Internet Archives
Context before application
Read the surrounding ayat and surah. This is an English rendering of meanings, not the Arabic Qur’an or a ruling about a specific person. The historical phrase “My slaves” belongs to this rendering’s theological language, not the studio’s description of a person. Studio application is an invitation to explore rahmah, mercy & compassion, not the only interpretation of the text.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
Islam · Rahmah, mercy & compassion
We sent thee not save as a mercy for the peoples.
Qur’an 21:107
Marmaduke Pickthall · 1930 English rendering · complete ayah as transcribed by Islamic Internet Archives
Context before application
Read the surrounding ayat and surah. This is an English rendering of meanings, not the Arabic Qur’an or a ruling about a specific person. Studio application is an invitation to explore rahmah, mercy & compassion, not the only interpretation of the text.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
Islam · Rahmah, mercy & compassion
Say: O My slaves who have been prodigal to their own hurt! Despair not of the mercy of Allah, Who forgiveth all sins. Lo! He is the Forgiving, the Merciful.
Qur’an 39:53
Marmaduke Pickthall · 1930 English rendering · complete ayah as transcribed by Islamic Internet Archives
Context before application
Read the surrounding ayat and surah. This is an English rendering of meanings, not the Arabic Qur’an or a ruling about a specific person. Pickthall’s historical phrase “My slaves” describes a relationship to God in the rendering; the studio does not apply this as a label for a participant. Studio application is an invitation to explore rahmah, mercy & compassion, not the only interpretation of the text.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
Islam · Rahmah, mercy & compassion
The Beneficent
Qur’an 55:1
Marmaduke Pickthall · 1930 English rendering · complete ayah as transcribed by Islamic Internet Archives
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Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
Islam · Rahmah, mercy & compassion
Hath made known the Qur’an.
Qur’an 55:2
Marmaduke Pickthall · 1930 English rendering · complete ayah as transcribed by Islamic Internet Archives
Context before application
Read the surrounding ayat and surah. This is an English rendering of meanings, not the Arabic Qur’an or a ruling about a specific person. Studio application is an invitation to explore rahmah, mercy & compassion, not the only interpretation of the text.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
Islam · Rahmah, mercy & compassion
And to be of those who believe and exhort one another to perseverance and exhort one another to pity.
Qur’an 90:17
Marmaduke Pickthall · 1930 English rendering · complete ayah as transcribed by Islamic Internet Archives
Context before application
Read the surrounding ayat and surah. This is an English rendering of meanings, not the Arabic Qur’an or a ruling about a specific person. Studio application is an invitation to explore rahmah, mercy & compassion, not the only interpretation of the text.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?