حنان

• IPA^(key): /ħa.naːn/

حَنَان • (ḥanān) m

1. verbal noun of حَنَّ (ḥanna) (form I)
2. mercy, kindness, affection

   Synonyms: شَفَقَة (šafaqa), عَطْف (ʕaṭf)

   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 19:12-13:

     يَا يَحْيَى خُذِ الْكِتَابَ بِقُوَّةٍ ۖ وَآتَيْنَاهُ الْحُكْمَ صَبِيًّا / وَحَنَانًا مِّن لَدُنَّا وَزَكَاةً ۖ وَكَانَ تَقِيًّا

     yā yaḥyā ḵuḏi l-kitāba biquwwatin waʔātaynāhu l-ḥukma ṣabiyyan / waḥanānan min ladunnā wazakātan wakāna taqiyyan

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3. tenderness

   حَنانُكَ يُشَبِّهُ لَمْسَةَ الرِيَاحِ اللَطِيفَةِ فِي لَيْلَةٍ صَيْفِيَّةٍ هَادِئَةٍ.

   ḥanānuka yušabbihu lamsata r-riyāḥi l-laṭīfati fī laylatin ṣayfiyyatin hādiʔatin.

   Your tenderness is like a gentle breeze on a quiet summer night.

4. compassion