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الْجَبَّارُ

Al-Jabbar (الجبار): Meaning of Allah’s Name

Name 10 of 991 verse of the Quran

Al-Jabbar: The Exalted and Almighty Compeller

Recitation: Mahmoud Khalil Al-Hussary · 24 voices to choose from

Explanation of the name Al-Jabbar

This includes the meaning of al-Alee and al-A`laa, the meaning of al-Qahhaar, and the meaning of ar-Ra`oof. The One Who is Compelling over dejected hearts, to the one who is weak and impotent, to the one who resorts to Him and seeks refuge with him.

— ‘Abd al-Rahman al-Sa‘di

God, The Exalted, said; “The All-Mighty, the Compeller, the Supreme”. (Al-Hashr: 23)

The Linguistic Meaning:

Al-Jabbar: the great, the strong, the tall and who mends the broken bone.

The Exalted is the Compeller: He imposes what He wants upon His creatures as an order or a prohibition and out of wisdom and fairness, including His Religion that He chose for all slaves. He is Al-Jabbar in the sense: He mends His slaves’ matters, reforms their deeds, makes them rich and sufficient, and He strengthens the weak, makes the poor rich, makes the hard easier, mends broken hearts (broken for Him), and He is the Compeller: The Lofty higher above His creation by Himself, for none can reach Him.

The Grandeur of Al-Jabbarr

He is so Sublime that He doesn’t compel anyone for faith or for disbelief, rather He gives them the choice, He said: “ Then whosoever wills, let him believe; and whosoever wills, let him disbelieve.” (Al-Kahf: 29). His Grandeur is that He possesses attributes of dominance and might as well as attributes of mercy, fairness and wisdom. With His Compelling Ability, He conquered the oppressors, gave victory to the oppressed, and helped His soldiers over the disbelievers.

— Maher bin Moqaddam

The name in the Quran

This name occurs in 1 verse of 1 surah.

هُوَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِى لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ٱلْمَلِكُ ٱلْقُدُّوسُ ٱلسَّلَٰمُ ٱلْمُؤْمِنُ ٱلْمُهَيْمِنُ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْجَبَّارُ ٱلْمُتَكَبِّرُ سُبْحَٰنَ ٱللَّهِ عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ ۝٢٣

He is Allāh, other than whom there is no deity, the Sovereign, the Pure, the Perfection, the Grantor of Security, the Overseer, the Exalted in Might, the Compeller, the Superior. Exalted is Allāh above whatever they associate with Him.

Explanation: Al-Mukhtasar

22-23. He is Allāh, the one whom there is no true deity except Him; He is the Knower of the absent and the present: nothing is hidden from Him; the Benevolent of the world and the afterlife and their Merciful: His mercy encompasses the worlds; the Master; the Pure and Sacred from every deficiency; the Faultless from every defect; The Corroborator of His messengers with manifest signs; the Observer of the actions of His servants; the Almighty whom no one can overpower; the Omnipotent who controls everything through His power, the Imperious. Pure and glorified is He from the idols and other things the idolaters ascribe to Him.

Surah Al-Hashr, Verse 23

The name in the hadiths

Authentic Sunan Ibn Majah 4275

“I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say on the pulpit: ‘The Compeller (Al-Jabbar) will seize His heavens and His earths in His Hand’ – and he clenched his hand and started to open and close it – ‘Then He will say: “I am the Compeller, I am the King. Where are the tyrants? Where are the arrogant?”…

"‏ يَأْخُذُ الْجَبَّارُ سَمَوَاتِهِ وَأَرَضِيهِ بِيَدِهِ - وَقَبَضَ يَدَهُ فَجَعَلَ يَقْبِضُهَا وَيَبْسُطُهَا - ثُمَّ يَقُولُ أَنَا الْجَبَّارُ أَنَا الْمَلِكُ أَيْنَ الْجَبَّارُونَ أَيْنَ الْمُتَكَبِّرُونَ ‏"‏ ‏.‏…

Narrated by Abdullāh ibn ‘Umar + 1 other version

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