Al-Ghafûr: The Concealer of Faults

"...For Allah is the Concealer of Faults (ghafûr)..." (2:173).

The Concealer of Faults has a meaning similar to that of the Forgiver (Al-Ghaffâr) but the Concealer of Faults denotes an extensiveness of a different kind from that denoted by the Forgiver (Al-Ghaffâr). Certainly the Forgiver denotes an extreme degree of forgiveness in respect of forgiveness that is repeated time after time. The Concealer of Faults forgives perfectly and completely and thereby reaches the ultimate degree of forgiveness.