Al-Ghaffar
From Mw
Al-Ghaffar - the Very Forgiving One
Al-Ghaffar is the One who makes manifes what is noble and veils what is disgraceful. This (of man) are among the disgraceful things which He veils by placing a veil upon them in this world adn disgregarding their punishment in the hearafter.
Al-Ghafr means veiling.
The first of God's veils for man is be be found in the fact that the opening in his body that has been created for that which his eyes consider ugly has been hidden within him and is concealed within the beauty of his exterior. How great is the difference between the interior of man and his exterior in terms of cleanliness and dirtiness, and ugliness and beauty! Just look at that part of him which God exposes and that part which He covers!
God's second veil for man is the human heart which He has made the seat of his reprehensible thoughts and disgraceful desires so that no one might know about this veil. If mankind were aware of the things that occurred in (a man's)mind in terms of repeated temptations, thoughts of corruption, deception and evil thinking in general, certainly they would detest him. But behold how his secrets and weaknesses are veiled from all people but himself!
God's third veil for man is the forgiveness of the sins for which he deserved to be disgraced in the sight of mankind. God has promised that He will exchange good deeds for man's misdeeds so that he might cover the repulsive qualities of his sins with the reward of his good deeds when he has proved his faith.
Man's portion of this name lies in his veiling for the next man that part of him which needs to be veiled.
[edit] Prophetic revelation
Muhammad S.A.W. said
"The one who veils the imperfections of a believer, his imperfections will God cover on the day of the resurection Al-Bukhari
The slanderer, the spy, the avenger and the one who requites evil with evil are far removed from this characterization. However, the one who is characterized by it is the one who does not divulge anything about God's creation except those things which are best in them. There is no creature totally free from perfection and imperfection, from ugliness and beauty. The one who disregards the repulsive qualities and remembers the good ones is the person who possesses a share of this name, even as it is related of Jesus -may peace be upon
him that he and his disciples passed by a dead dog, and the stench of it was over-powering. His disciples exclaimed, "How this corpse smells!" But Jesus -may peace be upon him replied, "How lovely is the white of his teeth!" In this way he pointed out that they ought to mention only that which is good.
