We sent thee not, but as a Mercy for all creatures.
وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَـٰكَ إِلَّا رَحْمَةً لِّلْعَـٰلَمِينَ
Quran 21:107
The same idea in other traditions
Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
The disciples of Gotama are always well awake, and their mind day and night always delights in compassion.
And a stranger shalt thou not oppress; for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
By renouncing pleasures he obtains freedom from false longing, whereby he becomes compassionate, humble, free from sorrow, …
Make compassion the cotton, contentment the thread, modesty the knot and truth the twist. This is the sacred thread of the soul; if you have it, then go ahead and put it on me.
Although His thrall shall miss the road and err, / ’Tis but to teach him wisdom through distress, / Else Pardon and Compassionate Mercy were / But empty syllables and meaningless. …
On me (place) your mind, become my devotee, sacrifice to me, reverence me, you will certainly come to me. I declare to you truly, you are dear to me. Forsaking all duties, come to me as (your) sole refuge. I will release you from all sins. Be not grieved.
Mencius said, 'All men have a mind which cannot bear to see the sufferings of others. … even now-a-days, if men suddenly see a child about to fall into a well, they will without exception experience a feeling of alarm and distress. … The feeling of commiseration is the principle of benevolence. …
Tao has of all things the most honoured place. No treasures give good men so rich a grace; Bad men it guards, and doth their ill efface. … Why was it that the ancients prized this Tao so much? Was it not because it could be got by seeking for it, and the guilty could escape (from the stain of their guilt) by it? This is the reason why all under heaven consider it the most valuable thing.