Al-Ghafūr -The Utterly Forgiving One

Al-Ghafūr has the same meaning as Al-Ghaffār, but it (i.e. Al-Ghafūr) denotes an extensiveness of a different kind from that denoted by Al-Ghaffār. Certainly Al-Ghaffār denotes an extreme (degree) of forgiveness in respect of forgiveness that is repeated time after time. (The difference lies in the fact that the paradigm) Al-faʿʿāl denotes an abundance of the action (Al-fiʿl) (expressed by the root), and Al-faʿūl denotes the excellence, perfection and the inclusiveness of the action. Thus He is Al-Ghafūr in the sense that He forgives perfectly and completely and thereby reaches the ultimate degree of forgiveness.