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ق-د-ر

Qaf-Dal-Ra

3 words from this root family

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Qaf-Dal-Ra (ق-د-ر) has 3 words in the Fahm dictionary: qadīr (all-powerful / omnipotent), qadar (decree / destiny / divine preordainment), taqdīr (divine decree / measurement / predestination).

In the Quran, words built on this root occur 132 times in 121 verses, across 58 of the 114 suras. The first is in 2:20. The form قَدِيرٌ (all-powerful / omnipotent) accounts for 45 of them.

Themes: Quranic

Words from this root

WordMeaningTypeIn the QuranTaught in
قَدِيرٌ
qadīr
all-powerful / omnipotentadjective, A245×Creation and Nature
قَدَرٌ
qadar
decree / destiny / divine preordainmentnoun, B111×Community and Society
تَقْدِيرٌ
taqdīr
divine decree / measurement / predestinationnoun, B25×Advanced Quranic & Islamic Terminology

“In the Quran” counts every occurrence of that dictionary form, in any of its senses.

In the Quran

يَكَادُ ٱلْبَرْقُ يَخْطَفُ أَبْصَـٰرَهُمْ ۖ كُلَّمَآ أَضَآءَ لَهُم مَّشَوْا۟ فِيهِ وَإِذَآ أَظْلَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ قَامُوا۟ ۚ وَلَوْ شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ لَذَهَبَ بِسَمْعِهِمْ وَأَبْصَـٰرِهِمْ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

The lightning almost snatcheth away their sight from them. As often as it flasheth forth for them they walk therein, and when it darkeneth against them they stand still. If Allah willed, He could destroy their hearing and their sight. Lo! Allah is able to do all things.

Quran 2:20
لَّا جُنَاحَ عَلَيْكُمْ إِن طَلَّقْتُمُ ٱلنِّسَآءَ مَا لَمْ تَمَسُّوهُنَّ أَوْ تَفْرِضُوا۟ لَهُنَّ فَرِيضَةً ۚ وَمَتِّعُوهُنَّ عَلَى ٱلْمُوسِعِ قَدَرُهُۥ وَعَلَى ٱلْمُقْتِرِ قَدَرُهُۥ مَتَـٰعًۢا بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ ۖ حَقًّا عَلَى ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ

It is no sin for you if ye divorce women while yet ye have not touched them, nor appointed unto them a portion. Provide for them, the rich according to his means, and the straitened according to his means, a fair provision. (This is) a bounden duty for those who do good.

Quran 2:236
فَالِقُ ٱلْإِصْبَاحِ وَجَعَلَ ٱلَّيْلَ سَكَنًا وَٱلشَّمْسَ وَٱلْقَمَرَ حُسْبَانًا ۚ ذَٰلِكَ تَقْدِيرُ ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلْعَلِيمِ

He is the Cleaver of the Daybreak, and He hath appointed the night for stillness, and the sun and the moon for reckoning. That is the measuring of the Mighty, the Wise.

Quran 6:96

Arabic text: Tanzil Quran Text (Uthmani 1.1), CC BY 3.0, tanzil.net. English: Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), public domain, via Project Gutenberg. Counts and verse choice: Quranic Arabic Corpus morphology data (corpus.quran.com).

Word cards with examples

A2adjective
قَدِيرٌ
qadīr

all-powerful / omnipotent

Example
إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ
inna Allāha ʿalā kulli shayʾin qadīr
Indeed, Allah is over all things competent (2:20)
Grammar

Intensive adjective (فَعِيل pattern) from قَدَرَ (to be able). Related: قُدْرَةٌ (power), قَدَرٌ (decree/destiny), مِقْدَارٌ (measure). God is الْقَدِيرُ (The All-Powerful).

Culture

This phrase (inna Allāha ʿalā kulli shayʾin qadīr) appears over 30 times in the Quran, affirming God's unlimited power over all creation.

B1noun
قَدَرٌ
qadar

decree / destiny / divine preordainment

Example
إِنَّا كُلَّ شَيْءٍ خَلَقْنَاهُ بِقَدَرٍ
innā kulla shayʾin khalaqnāhu biqadar
Indeed, all things We created with predestination (54:49)
Grammar

Masculine noun. Related: قَدَّرَ (to decree/predestine), تَقْدِيرٌ (predestination/measurement), مُقَدَّرٌ (predestined), قُدْرَةٌ (power). Also means 'measure/proportion.'

Culture

Belief in qadar (divine decree) is the sixth pillar of Islamic faith. It includes belief that God knows all, has written all, wills all, and creates all - while humans still have meaningful choice.

B2noun
تَقْدِيرٌ
taqdīr

divine decree / measurement / predestination

Example
إِنَّا كُلَّ شَيْءٍ خَلَقْنَاهُ بِقَدَرٍ
innā kulla shayʾin khalaqnāhu bi-qadar
Indeed, all things We created with predestination (54:49)
Grammar

Form II maṣdar. From قَدَّرَ (to decree/measure). Related: قَدَرٌ (q140, decree), قَدِيرٌ (q080, all-powerful). Also means precise measurement.

Culture

Belief in qadar (divine decree) is the sixth pillar of Islamic faith. Everything happens by God's knowledge and will, yet humans have moral agency.

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