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:''See Ghafir for the Quranic sura.'' ''Al-Ghāfir'' () is one of the titles of God in Islam, translated as "The Forgiver". It is derived from the root ''gh-f-r'' (غَفَرَ). The basic meaning of the root is "to cover, to shield, to protect", besides "to forgive". Al-Ghafūr () and Al-Ghaffār () are two of the 99 Names of God in Islam derived from the same root. Their traditional translations are "The All-Forgiving" and "The Forgiving". The root gh-f-r has given rise to three names in the Qur'an: ''Ghaffar'', ''Ghaffur'' and ''Ghâfir''. However, only ''Ghaffar'' and ''Ghaffur'' were included in the list of 99 names narrated by Tirmidhi.〔(【引用サイトリンク】author=Wahiduddin Richard Shelquist )〕 ==Interpretation== The difference between Al-Ghaffar and Al-Ghafur has been explained by various means. Traditionally, Al-Ghaffar is translated as "The Forgiving". This type of forgiveness is a continuous and repetitive action. No matter how many times a person may sin, God can continually forgive him/her for his/her sins. Al-Ghafur, on the other hand, is understood as forgiving a sin no matter how large the sin may be. A way to make a distinction between the two names is to consider Al-Ghaffar as dealing with the quantity of sins, while Al-Ghafur deals with the quality of a sin. In his book, ''Al-Maqsad Al-Asna fi Sharah Asma' Allahu al-Husna'' (''The best means in explaining God's Beautiful Names''), Imam Al Ghazali translates Al-Ghaffar as "The Very Forgiving One" and Al-Ghafur as "The Most Forgiving One". Al Ghazali writes: :"The sins (of man) are among the disgraceful things which He veils by placing a veil upon them in this world and disregarding their punishment in the hereafter ... Certainly Al-Ghaffar denotes an extreme ... of forgiveness in respect of forgiveness that is repeated time after time." :"Thus He is Al-Ghafur in the sense that He forgives perfectly and completely..." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Al-Ghafir」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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