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  • I was afraid no one would hear what I have got to say and that he whom you call the Merciful God would take away my power of speech ...

    Selected Polish Tales Else C. M. Benecke

  • When the Lady Zubaydah’s letter reached the Caliph, and reading it he saw that she confessed her offence and sent her excuses to him therefor, he said to himself, “Verily, all sins doth Allah forgive; aye, Gracious, Merciful is He!”

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • Kennit was always to be referred to as the Merciful and Just King Kennit of the Pirate Isles.

    Ship Of Destiny Hobb, Robin 2000

  • Thou art called the Merciful and the Gracious; Thou art slow to anger and great in lovingkindness and truth.

    The Legends of the Jews — Volume 4 Louis Ginzberg 1913

  • PROVO - To Muslims, he is known as the Merciful, the Guardian, the Omniscient, the

    deseretnews.com - Top Stories 2010

  • The Merciful is my shield against the Devil's evil.

    Al-Ahram Weekly Online 2008

  • The very expressions used to designate the ultimate reality, God's "most beautiful names" -- such as Merciful, Knowing, Alive, Powerful, Forgiving, Majestic, Wise -- need to be explained.

    William C. Chittick, Ph.D.: Islam and the Goal of Love Ph.D. William C. Chittick 2010

  • The very expressions used to designate the ultimate reality, God's "most beautiful names" -- such as Merciful, Knowing, Alive, Powerful, Forgiving, Majestic, Wise -- need to be explained.

    William C. Chittick, Ph.D.: Islam and the Goal of Love Ph.D. William C. Chittick 2010

  • The very expressions used to designate the ultimate reality, God's "most beautiful names" -- such as Merciful, Knowing, Alive, Powerful, Forgiving, Majestic, Wise -- need to be explained.

    William C. Chittick, Ph.D.: Islam and the Goal of Love Ph.D. William C. Chittick 2010

  • It is Jeremiah ( "Merciful") Evans, the well-known political informer from Pembroke.

    Gravity's Rainbow Pynchon, Thomas 1978

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