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muslim:2751bZuhayr b. Ḥarb > Sufyān b. ʿUyaynah > Abū al-Zinād > al-Aʿraj > Abū Hurayrah

Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, said: My mercy excels My wrath.  

مسلم:٢٧٥١bحَدَّثَنِي زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ عَنِ الأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ اللَّهُ ﷻ سَبَقَتْ رَحْمَتِي غَضَبِي  


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ahmad:7299Sufyān > Abū al-Zinād > al-Aʿraj > Abū Hurayrah Riwāyah

Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, said: My mercy excels My wrath. (Using translation from Muslim 2751b)   

أحمد:٧٢٩٩حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ عَنِ الْأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رِوَايَةً قَالَ قَالَ

اللهُ ﷻ سَبَقَتْ رَحْمَتِي غَضَبِي