Almighty and Merciful

إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَةً وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

Verily, in this is an Ayah (proof or sign), yet most of them are not believers.

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ

And verily, your Lord! He is truly the All-Mighty, the Most Merciful.

The above two verses are from Surah Al Shu'araa. They are mentioned 8 times in this chapter between different stories of prophets. They act as a transition between the stories. 

Interestingly, before telling us all these stories, God first addresses Prophet Muhammad, as this chapter came down in a time of hardship and persecution for him and the believers. God is telling him to pretty much take it easy and not to be so hard on himself for their ignorance. After comforting him, the stories of previous prophets begin, as if telling him "don't worry these prophets also went through tough times while delivering the message to their people". Thus, it was a form of empathy in a way. Between these stories you see the two repetitive verses above. 

In these two verses, God emphasizes His attributes of Aziz and Raheem (All Mighty and Merciful). After the 8th time that they're mentioned and after all the stories, God speaks directly to Prophet Muhammad again. He is comforting him and telling him to be humble. What he tells him next is interesting. He says

 وَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى الْعَزِيزِ الرَّحِيمِ

And put your trust in the All-Mighty, the Most Merciful. 

See anything here? He uses the same two attributes that He had been using as transitions between other prophets' stories. So it's giving Prophet Muhammad a direct link to them so to say. But this time, He is commanding him to rely on the Aziz and Raheem. Just as the others relied on God and stood by their message, you oh Muhammad should do the same. This can be understood from reading the chapter although it doesn't literally say it. 

The very next 2 verses are interesting too. It gives God an additional attribute. 

الَّذِي يَرَاكَ حِينَ تَقُومُ

Who sees you (O Muhammad) when you stand up (alone at night for prayer)

وَتَقَلُّبَكَ فِي السَّاجِدِينَ

And your movements among those who fall prostrate. 

إِنَّهُ هُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ

Verily! He, only He, is the All-Hearer, the All-Knower.

The verses continue on to speak to the prophet and say that God who is almighty and merciful is the One who sees you when you get up at night, and sees you repeatedly prostrating. It didn't just say "the one who sees you praying". It's much more descriptive. It shows us that prophet Muhammad actually and physically rose up to the challenge. The fact that it says that he is literally getting up hints that. And finally God says He is the all hearer and all knower. Why? Because He hears the prophet as he prays to Him and knows of his constant prostrations. 

Subhanallah how just a few verses can tell us so much and in such a subtle way.