Power and might
Al-Qadīr / Al-Qādir ٱلْقَدِير
The All-Powerful: power complete over everything, without effort or limit.
43 āyāt · 25 sūrahs · root ق د ر
Why Allah uses this name
Ibn Kathīr reads this name as the proof-clause after any claim that strains belief — resurrection, reversal of fortune, help for the weak: the ability is stated so the claim stands.
Take this with you
Your situation is not an exception to His power. Ask accordingly.
'Does He who created the heavens and the earth not have power to create the like of them? Yes indeed — He is the Supreme Creator, the All-Knowing' (36:81).
Qurʾān 36:81
Where it appears in the Qur'an
Counted from the muṣḥaf text as served by the Quran.com API. A few occurrences describe someone other than Allah; read the āyah in place to see which.
2. Sūrat Al-Baqarah البقرة
6 āyahs
āyah 20, 106, 109, 148, 259, 284
3. Sūrat Āl ʿImrān آل عمران
4 āyahs
āyah 26, 29, 165, 189
4. Sūrat An-Nisāʾ النساء
2 āyahs
āyah 133, 149
5. Sūrat Al-Māʾidah المائدة
4 āyahs
āyah 17, 19, 40, 120
6. Sūrat Al-Anʿām الأنعام
1 āyah
āyah 17
8. Sūrat Al-Anfāl الأنفال
1 āyah
āyah 41
9. Sūrat At-Tawbah التوبة
1 āyah
āyah 39
11. Sūrat Hūd هود
1 āyah
āyah 4
16. Sūrat An-Naḥl النحل
2 āyahs
āyah 70, 77
22. Sūrat Al-Ḥajj الحج
2 āyahs
āyah 6, 39
24. Sūrat An-Nūr النور
1 āyah
āyah 45
25. Sūrat Al-Furqān الفرقان
1 āyah
āyah 54
29. Sūrat Al-ʿAnkabūt العنكبوت
1 āyah
āyah 20
30. Sūrat Ar-Rūm الروم
2 āyahs
āyah 50, 54
33. Sūrat Al-Aḥzāb الأحزاب
1 āyah
āyah 27
35. Sūrat Fāṭir فاطر
2 āyahs
āyah 1, 44
41. Sūrat Fuṣṣilat فصلت
1 āyah
āyah 39
42. Sūrat Ash-Shūrā الشورى
3 āyahs
āyah 9, 29, 50
46. Sūrat Al-Aḥqāf الأحقاف
1 āyah
āyah 33
48. Sūrat Al-Fatḥ الفتح
1 āyah
āyah 21
57. Sūrat Al-Ḥadīd الحديد
1 āyah
āyah 2
59. Sūrat Al-Ḥashr الحشر
1 āyah
āyah 6
64. Sūrat At-Taghābun التغابن
1 āyah
āyah 1
66. Sūrat At-Taḥrīm التحريم
1 āyah
āyah 8
67. Sūrat Al-Mulk الملك
1 āyah
āyah 1
Names it closes āyāt with
The Qur'an often seals an āyah with two names together. These are the pairings this name appears in most.
Names close to this one
Al-ʿAzīz ٱلْعَزِيز
The Almighty: possessor of might that is never overcome, and of honour no one can strip away.
Al-Jabbār ٱلْجَبَّار
The Compeller who also mends: His will is carried out, and He restores what is broken.
Al-Qahhār ٱلْقَهَّار
The Subduer: everything is under His domination, willingly or not.
Al-Khāfiḍ ٱلْخَافِض
The Abaser: the One who brings low those who raise themselves against the truth.
Ar-Rāfiʿ ٱلرَّافِع
The Exalter: the One who raises whom He wills in rank, in this life and the next.
Al-Muʿizz ٱلْمُعِزّ
The Giver of Honour: the One who grants dignity and strength to whom He wills.
Al-Mudhill ٱلْمُذِلّ
The Giver of Dishonour: the One who humbles whom He wills.
Al-Qawī ٱلْقَوِىّ
The All-Strong: complete strength that never tires or weakens.