يَٰصَٰحِبَىِ ٱلسِّجْنِ ءَأَرْبَابٌ مُّتَفَرِّقُونَ خَيْرٌ أَمِ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْوَٰحِدُ ٱلْقَهَّارُ ٣٩
O [my] two companions of prison, are separate lords better or Allāh, the One, the Prevailing?
عَبْد الْقَهَّار
Abdul Qahhar: meaning of the name
Boy Arabic origin ʿAbd al-Qahhār
Name of Allah“Servant of the Supreme Subduer”
Abdul Qahhar in Islam
The Prophet ﷺ said: “The most beloved of your names to Allah are ʿAbd Allah and ʿAbd al-Rahman” (Muslim 2132), and scholars add to them all names formed on a name of Allah. The name al-Qahhar occurs 6 times in the Quran; its page in the 99 Names section gives its meaning and verses.
Meaning of the name Abdul Qahhar
ʿAbd al-Qahhar joins ʿabd with al-Qahhar, an intensive form of the root q-h-r of domination: the One to whom everything submits and whom nothing can thwart. The Quran always pairs it with al-Wahid, “the One”: “Allah, the One, the Supreme Subduer” (13:16). A rare name, known mainly in the Middle East and South Asia.
- In Arabic
- عَبْد الْقَهَّار عبد القهار
- Transliteration
- ʿAbd al-Qahhār
- Root
- ق ه ر · 10 occurrences in the Quran
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Arabic
Is Abdul Qahhar in the Quran?
This name is built on a name of Allah found in the Quran; its verses are on the page of that name.
قُلْ مَن رَّبُّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ قُلِ ٱللَّهُ قُلْ أَفَٱتَّخَذْتُم مِّن دُونِهِۦٓ أَوْلِيَآءَ لَا يَمْلِكُونَ لِأَنفُسِهِمْ نَفْعًا وَلَا ضَرًّا قُلْ هَلْ يَسْتَوِى ٱلْأَعْمَىٰ وَٱلْبَصِيرُ أَمْ هَلْ تَسْتَوِى ٱلظُّلُمَٰتُ وَٱلنُّورُ أَمْ جَعَلُوا۟ لِلَّهِ شُرَكَآءَ خَلَقُوا۟ كَخَلْقِهِۦ فَتَشَٰبَهَ ٱلْخَلْقُ عَلَيْهِمْ قُلِ ٱللَّهُ خَٰلِقُ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ وَهُوَ ٱلْوَٰحِدُ ٱلْقَهَّٰرُ ١٦
Say, "Who is Lord of the heavens and earth?" Say, "Allāh." Say, "Have you then taken besides Him allies not possessing [even] for themselves any benefit or any harm?" Say, "Is the blind equivalent to the seeing? Or is darkness equivalent to light? Or have they attributed to Allāh partners who created like His creation so that the creation [of each] seemed similar to them?" Say, "Allāh is the Creator of all things, and He is the One, the Prevailing."
All the words of the root ق ه ر in the Quran (10 occurrences)
In the hadiths
Authentic
Sahih Muslim 2132
Indeed, the dearest of your names to Allah is ‘Abdullah and ‘Abdur-Rahmān
"Indeed, the dearest of your names to Allah is ‘Abdullah and ‘Abdur-Rahmān."
إِنَّ أَحَبَّ أَسْمَائِكُمْ إِلَى اللَّهِ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ وَعَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ "
Is this name permissible?
No text or scholarly opinion concerns the name Abdul Qahhar in particular: the general rules of Islam apply.
Read the rules for choosing a name
This page is an aid to reflection, not a fatwa. For a personal case, ask a person of knowledge.
Writing Abdul Qahhar in each language
- French
- Abdelkahar, Abdelkahhar, Abdelqahar
- English
- Abdul Qahhar, Abdulqahhar
- Spanish
- Abdul Qahhar
- Turkish
- Abdülkahhar
- Arabic
- عَبْد الْقَهَّار