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Moreover, the According to Longman Dictionary,
Lord is a title of God, used when praying, exactly
like rabbana for Muslims, and also he is someone
who must be obeyed, as it mentioned above to be
one of rabb’s meaning. As it mentioned above, the
addition of the word 'all' before the 'World' is
because of the meaning of istighrâq in the prefix al-

that preceded the word âlamîn.
The term ālamîn is the plural form of ālam
which means the world, and the plural form
(worlds) may refer to the universe or beyond of
that. Because it includes this world and the world
1
after death. Or, as some commentators have
mentioned the pluralization of ālam as ālamîn and
not avālim which commonly used for intelligent
beings may imply that just intelligent being–
humankind and jinn kind_ are addressed in the
verse. So, it would be better if it is written with
capital letter.
2
3. The All-Merciful, the Gracious
The verse has two basic parts:
Er- Raḥmāni (the All-merciful, referring to Allah's
general mercy) and ar-raḥīm (the All-merciful,
referring to Allah's special mercy).

1. Tabarsi, 1960.
2. Pickthall, 1987.