LessonsFaith, Love for the Messenger, Mercy, and Negative lā (Hadith 131–138)Quiz

لَا تُنْزَعُ الرَّحْمَةُ إِلَّا مِنْ شَقِيٍّ
Compassion is taken away only from a wretched person.

Source: أحمد والترمذي

الرَّحْمَةُ means mercy or compassion; شَقِيٍّ describes someone gravely wretched. A lack of compassion may appear as hardness, pride, or indifference to suffering. The report calls for cultivating mercy in ourselves.

تُنْزَعُ is a passive present-tense verb: “is taken away.” الرَّحْمَةُ is the passive subject. The construction لَا ... إِلَّا combines negation with an exception: “not ... except.” It is not an invitation to label a particular individual as wretched.

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Hadith 136: Mercy and tenderness

Faith, Love for the Messenger, Mercy, and Negative lā (Hadith 131–138)

لَا تُنْزَعُ الرَّحْمَةُ إِلَّا مِنْ شَقِيٍّ
Compassion is taken away only from a wretched person.

Source: أحمد والترمذي

الرَّحْمَةُ means mercy or compassion; شَقِيٍّ describes someone gravely wretched. A lack of compassion may appear as hardness, pride, or indifference to suffering. The report calls for cultivating mercy in ourselves.

تُنْزَعُ is a passive present-tense verb: “is taken away.” الرَّحْمَةُ is the passive subject. The construction لَا ... إِلَّا combines negation with an exception: “not ... except.” It is not an invitation to label a particular individual as wretched.