Al-Qādir
The All-Capable, The Able
Root ق د ر (q-d-r). Lane connects the root q-d-r with both measure and power, where qadara involves determining the measure and qadara ʿalā means being able to do something. Qadīr refers to being all-capable, as found in Qur'an 2:20. Qadar indicates decree or due measure in Qur'an 54:49, while qadr is measure or worth in Qur'an 97:1. Miqdār, meaning measure, appears in Qur'an 13:8. ‘He is the [one] Able’ (6:65).
The root
ق د رq-d-r
Measure and power. Lane connects qadara with taqdīr, determining the measure of a thing; qadara ʿalā is to be able to do something.
- قَدِيرqadīrAll-Capable (2:20)
- قَدَرqadardecree, due measure (54:49)
- قَدْرqadrmeasure, worth (97:1)
- مِقْدَارmiqdārmeasure (13:8)
Pronunciation
الْقَادِرُ
al-QAA-dir
In the Qur'an
قُلْ هُوَ الْقَادِرُ عَلَىٰ أَنْ يَبْعَثَ عَلَيْكُمْ عَذَابًا مِنْ فَوْقِكُمْ أَوْ مِنْ تَحْتِ أَرْجُلِكُمْ أَوْ يَلْبِسَكُمْ شِيَعًا وَيُذِيقَ بَعْضَكُمْ بَأْسَ بَعْضٍ ۗ انْظُرْ كَيْفَ نُصَرِّفُ الْآيَاتِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَفْقَهُونَ
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.
6:65 · Sahih International