قَادِر
Boy Arabic origin Qādir
In the Quran“Powerful, able”, who has the power to act
The word as it is recited in the Quran: Mahmoud Khalil Al-Hussary, Al-An’am 6:65.
The word occurs fourteen times in the Quran, almost always for Allah: “Say: He is able (al-qadir) to send punishment upon you” (6:65); “Is not He who created the heavens and the earth able to create the like of them?” (36:81). The name is given in its human sense, and ʿAbd al-Qadir is its recommended form.
Qadir is the active participle of qadara, “to be able” (root q-d-r of power, qudra, and of measure, qadr): one who has the power to accomplish what he wills. Al-Qadir is one of the names of Allah, hence ʿAbd al-Qadir. In Turkish, Kadir also recalls kadir, “worth”, and Kadir Gecesi, the Night of Decree (laylat al-qadr), from a neighbouring word.
Yes: the word Qadir appears in the Quran 14 times, in 11 surahs.
قُلْ هُوَ ٱلْقَادِرُ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يَبْعَثَ عَلَيْكُمْ عَذَابًا مِّن فَوْقِكُمْ أَوْ مِن تَحْتِ أَرْجُلِكُمْ أَوْ يَلْبِسَكُمْ شِيَعًا وَيُذِيقَ بَعْضَكُم بَأْسَ بَعْضٍ ٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ نُصَرِّفُ ٱلْـَٔايَٰتِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَفْقَهُونَ ٦٥
Say, "He is the [one] Able to send upon you affliction from above you or from beneath your feet or to confuse you [so you become] sects and make you taste the violence of one another." Look how We diversify the signs that they might understand.
أَوَلَيْسَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ بِقَٰدِرٍ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يَخْلُقَ مِثْلَهُم بَلَىٰ وَهُوَ ٱلْخَلَّٰقُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ ٨١
Is not He who created the heavens and the earth Able to create the likes of them? Yes, [it is so]; and He is the Knowing Creator.
أَلَيْسَ ذَٰلِكَ بِقَٰدِرٍ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يُحْـِۧىَ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ ٤٠
Is not that [Creator] Able to give life to the dead?
وَقَالُوا۟ لَوْلَا نُزِّلَ عَلَيْهِ ءَايَةٌ مِّن رَّبِّهِۦ قُلْ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ قَادِرٌ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يُنَزِّلَ ءَايَةً وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ ٣٧
And they say, "Why has a sign not been sent down to him from his Lord?" Say, "Indeed, Allāh is Able to send down a sign, but most of them do not know."
All the words of the root ق د ر in the Quran (132 occurrences)
No text or scholarly opinion concerns the name Qadir in particular: the general rules of Islam apply.
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This page is an aid to reflection, not a fatwa. For a personal case, ask a person of knowledge.
