Al-`Afû: The Pardoner

"...Allah is One that blots out wrongdoings and pardons." (22:60)

Al-`Afû is Allah's quality which erases sins and disregards acts of disobedience and is the opposite of the Avenger. This concept approximates the sense of the Forgiver, though the former is more far-reaching than the latter. For the Concealer of Faults indicates an overlooking of sin whereas the Pardoner indicates an erasing. The erasing of sin is more far-reaching than the simple concealing of it.