ABSTRACT
In this chapter Solomon introduced two kinds of mercy: the mercy of favour and the mercy of obligation, which correspond to the All-Merciful and the All-Compassionate respectively. This knowledge was not concealed from Solomon, but rather it was part of the dominion which was appropriate to none after him, the manifestation of his dominion in the sensuous world. Had Muhammad not spoken in the tradition that God enabled me we would have said that since he did not wish to seize it, God reminded him of Solomon's request. Regarding this issue, our aim is only to discuss it, calling attention to the two kinds of mercy Solomon mentioned whose names in Arabic are rahman al-rahim. When Muhammad said: People are sleeping, and when they die, they wake up, he was calling attention to all that the human being sees in his life in this world as being like the dream of a sleeper, imagination which should be interpreted.
