TY - GEN A1 - Dagci, Samil T1 - An analysis of god's attributes "The Beneficent" and "The Merciful" with regard to the philosophy of islamic jurisprudence T2 - Journal of religious culture = Journal für Religionskultur N2 - I would like to begin my presentation with the quotation of the first sentence of Shafii’s Trea-tise er-Risala, the first work which has been reached us until now, concerning foundation of Islamic jurisprudence. “Praise be to God gratitude for one of His favors can only be paid through another favor of him. And this favor generates favor to be bestowed, wherefore, one should feel obliged continuously to pay gratitude to God for each favor.” It is possible to conceive that Mercy (al-Rahma), the common expression of all favors granted by the Almighty Creature of human beings, has two salient characteristics: one is vertical that is with regard to the Creator and creatures, and the other is horizontal that is concerning hu-man relations among themselves as well as with other creatures. When the concept of Mercy is evaluated in perspective of God-human being relations in the existing world, it indicates that God’s favors, without discrimination, are granted to all human beings. ... T3 - Journal of religious culture = Journal für Religionskultur - 65 Y1 - 2003 UR - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/465 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30-50021 UR - http://web.uni-frankfurt.de/irenik/religionskultur.htm SN - 1434-5935 N1 - The article was presented as a paper to the First International German-Turkish Symposium on 'Life and Religion', Dokuz Eylül Uiniversity, Izmir, Turkey (9th-18th of April, 2003). IS - 65 PB - Univ. CY - Frankfurt am Main ER -