غافر الذنب وقابل التوب شديد العقاب ذي الطول لا إله إلا هو إليه المصير
(The) Forgiver (of) the sin, and (the) Acceptor (of) Repentance, Severe in Punishment, Owner (of) Abundance. (There is) no God except Him; to Him, (is) the final return.
Shadid al-'Iqab (The Severe)—unified with Shadid al-Mihal, Sari' al-'Iqab, and Dhu 'Iqab—warns of Allah’s stern, inescapable reckoning against persistent tyranny and defiance. In the Quran, this Divine Name appears 19 times across 19 verses in 10 surahs, from Quran 2:165 (Surah Al-Baqarah) to Quran 59:7 (Surah Al-Hashr).
Reflection: Balancing awe of Allah’s justice alongside hope in His mercy protects the believer from complacency, oppression, and arrogance.
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غافر الذنب وقابل التوب شديد العقاب ذي الطول لا إله إلا هو إليه المصير
(The) Forgiver (of) the sin, and (the) Acceptor (of) Repentance, Severe in Punishment, Owner (of) Abundance. (There is) no God except Him; to Him, (is) the final return.
ذلك بأنهم كانت تأتيهم رسلهم بالبينات فكفروا فأخذهم الله إنه قوي شديد العقاب
That (was) because [they] used to come to them their Messengers with clear proofs but they disbelieved, So seized them Allah. Indeed, He (is) All-Strong, Severe in Punishment.