GRACIOUSNESS & MERCY AT THE CORE OF THE KORAN
May 7, 2024
Hollywood Director, Francis Ford Coppola, who is known for directing movies such as The Godfather trilogy and Apocalypse Now, speaking at the 2015 Marrakech International Film Festivaspoke, shared his views about the Qurʾān and Islām explaining that: “Everyone knows that at the root of that religion, the two most important words are that God is Gracious and God is Merciful.”
He said: “The problems of the world is heartbreaking, it is heart breaking. But if you know the Qurʾān, the first words of the Qurʾān, the very first I believe are something like: ‘In the name of God, the Gracious and the Merciful. Praise be to God, Lord of the Worlds, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful, Master of the Book of Judgement’.
They’re saying graciousness and mercy is what’s at the… they repeated it twice on the first page…
‘It’s You we worship, and You we ask, Lead us to the straight path, the path of those You have blessed. Not those against whom there is anger or are misguided’.
So anyone who knows this beautiful religion, that was the height of civilisation in the 13th century, the Arab civilisation that we had that gave us mathematics and science.
Everyone knows that at the root of that religion, the two most important words are that God is Gracious and God is Merciful. And we trust to that God to deliver us from this misunderstanding, that is doing these terrible things, that are hurting people.
God does not want people to be hurt, God is Gracious, God is Merciful…
… and that’s what I have to say.”
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English Script:
Francis Ford Coppola: If you know the Quran, the first words of the Quran, the very first, I believe are something like, in the name of God, the gracious and the merciful. Praise be to God, Lord of the world, the most gracious, the most merciful, master of the Book of Judgment. They’re saying graciousness and mercy is what’s after, they repeated it twice in the first page. It’s you we worship, and you we ask lead us to the straight path. The path of those who are blessed, not those against whom there is anger or her a misguided. So anyone who knows this beautiful religion, this beautiful that was the height of civilization in the 13th century, the Arab civilization that we had, that gave us mathematics and science. Everyone knows that at the root of that religion, the two most important words of it, God is gracious and God is merciful and we trust that God to deliver us from this misunderstanding that is doing these terrible things that is hurt, hurting people. God does not want people to be hurt. God is gracious. God is merciful.
