Thoughts on the Middle East, History and Religion
Posted on 03/12/2012 by marina
AL-BARR البر
One of the ninety-nine special names of God. In its ordinary sense it means “pious,” or “good.” As applied to God, it means “The Beneficent One.”
Based on Hughes, Dictionary of Islam
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