Glossary Term
Risk: High- Approved rendering
- فضل
- Transliteration
- faz̤l
- Rejected alternatives
- رحمت, احسان, کرم
Grace
فضل is the established Urdu Christian Bible term for unmerited divine favor. رحمت (mercy) is a genuine Quranic divine attribute (al-Rahman, al-Rahim) but in Islamic theology operates alongside a deeds-weighed-at-judgment framework, not apart from merit as Romans requires; رحمت may be used for God’s mercy/compassion generally but not as the primary rendering of grace specifically, to keep the unmerited, apart-from-works sense unambiguous.
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