99 Al-Halīm

Al-Halīm (ٱلْحَلِيمُ)

The Most Forbearing Pronunciation: al-HalīmRoot: ح-ل-م (H-L-M) — to be gentle, to be patient, to remain calm when provoked

Original Invocation (Arabic Calligraphy):ٱلْحَلِيمُ

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Sacred Reflection

Al-Halīm is the One

who does not rush to punish,

who does not react in haste,

who waits with vastness

even when we shatter what is sacred.

He sees the mistake, but He sees more than the mistake.

He sees the trembling hand behind it.

The wound behind the reaction.

The part that did not know how else to survive.

His mercy is not passive.

It is majestic restraint.

It is divine self-control. I

t is love that refuses to strike,

even when it has the power to do so.

He is not quick to correct you.

He is patient with your unfolding.

He does not throw you away

when you repeat the same old pattern again.

He waits.

He stays.

He lets your own soul return

without fear of wrath snapping at its heels.

Al-Halīm is the stillness

in the space between mistake and mercy.

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Parts Work Invitation

What part of you expects to be punished?

The one that flinches,

or hides,

or rushes to apologize before the blow even lands.

That part may have grown up

in a world without halīm,

where even small errors were met with rage.

Let that part know

it is not in that world now.

There is a Presence that does not lash out.

A Presence that waits.

That breathes with you.T

hat does not shame the misstep.

Let that part hear:

I saw what you did.

And I still remain.

You are safe with Me.

Breathe here a moment.

Notice what softens

when no punishment comes.

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