GOD
IS MERCIFUL
There are innumerable attributes of
God . Some of them are common in almost all the religions. These are: He is
omnipotent. Omnipresent, omni-benevolent, eternal, sovereign, immutable, righteous,
invariably good , and merciful.
The American clergy Henry Ward
Beecher (1813-87) said : the very word “God” suggests care, kindness, goodness;
and the idea of God in his infinity, is infinite care, infinite kindness,
infinite goodness. We give God the name of good: it is only by shortening it
that it becomes God.
The first President of U.S. George
Washington said: It is impossible to
govern the world without God. He must be worse than an infidel that lacks
faith, and more than wicked that has not gratitude enough to acknowledge his
obligation.
Swiss theologian John Caspar Lavater
(1741-1801) said: It is one of my favourite thoughts, that God manifests
himself to mankind in all wise, good, humble, generous, great and magnanimous
men.
The Spanish poet and dramatist (1547-1616)
rightly said that among the attributes of God, although they are all equal,
mercy shines with even more brilliancy than justice.
The English poet-playwright William
Shakespeare (1564-1616) believed that the quality of mercy is not strained; it
droppeth, as the gentle rain from heaven upon the place beneath; it is twice
blessed; it blesseth him that gives and him that takes; it is mightiest in the
mightiest: it becomes the throned monarch better than his crown. Mercy is an
attribute to God himself.
God is the supreme monarch of this
world. He is most forgiving and merciful, otherwise we shall not find millions
of wicked people breathing safely in their
dwellings, workplaces, and recreational resorts . God forgives the sinners again and again and assures
them of His mercy whenever they decide to reform themselves and abandon their
notorious past.
Finally, look at the following lines by the Persian Sufi poet Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi (1207-1273):
Come, come, whoever you are,
Wanderer, fire worshipper, lover of
leaving.
This is not a caravan of despair.
It does not matter that you have
broken your vow
a thousand times. Still come,
and yet again come.
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G. R. Kanwal
6th April 2026
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