Divine Attributes
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Nadia Ghauri, Oxford As human beings, it is in our nature to make mistakes. Forgiving them, by contrast, can be anything but easy. It is no wonder, then, that the poet Alexander Pope was to claim, ‘To err is human; to forgive, divine’1. The highest form of forgiveness, as Pope alludes, is exemplified by Allah
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Tooba Ali “Allah” means “God”, “Haq” means “Truth”—these two words most often used to speak of the Divine in Islam encapsulate the very heart of this faith. That God is all that is true, the centre and orb of the universe. The Holy Qur’an enumerates many of the Divine Attributes, the “Asmaa al Husna” (lit.
Voice of British Muslim Women 