Al-Halîm: The Forebearer

"...Forebearing (halîm) (64:17).

The Forebearer is a quality which shows neither anger nor rage upon witnessing disobedience and the violation of Allah's commands. Possessing a sense of moral reasonableness, it is not prompted by haste and recklessness to take swift vengeance even though it has unlimited power to do so. Allah said, "If Allah took mankind to task by that which they deserve, He would not leave a living creature on the surface of the earth" (35:45).