Name 70 of the 99 Names of Allah. See its root and meaning, the verse where it appears, and how to use it in your dua.
Name 70 of 99
الْمُقْتَدِرُ
Al-Muqtadir
The All-Powerful
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Meaning
Al-Muqtadir (الْمُقْتَدِرُ) means The All-Powerful. It is name 70 in the well-known list of the 99 Names of Allah. Al-Muqtadir has full and perfect power over everything, carried out with precision. The extra letters in the word make the meaning stronger than Al-Qādir.
Al-Muqtadir comes from the Arabic root ق د ر (q-d-r), which carries the sense of power, in its fullest form.
Muqtadir is in 18:45, 54:42 and 54:55.
فِى مَقْعَدِ صِدْقٍ عِندَ مَلِيكٍۢ مُّقْتَدِرٍۭ
Fee maq'adi sidqin 'inda Maleekim Muqtadir
In a seat of honor near a Sovereign, Perfect in Ability.
Quran 54:55. Arabic: Uthmani text (Tanzil). English: Sahih International.
وَٱضْرِبْ لَهُم مَّثَلَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا كَمَآءٍ أَنزَلْنَٰهُ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ فَٱخْتَلَطَ بِهِۦ نَبَاتُ ٱلْأَرْضِ فَأَصْبَحَ هَشِيمًۭا تَذْرُوهُ ٱلرِّيَٰحُ ۗ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍۢ مُّقْتَدِرًا
Wadrib lahum masalal hayaatid dunyaa kamaaa'in anzalnaahu minas samaaa'i fakhtalata bihee nabaatul ardi fa asbaha hasheeman tazroo hur riyaah; wa kaanal laahu 'alaa kulli shai'im muqtadiraa
And present to them the example of the life of this world, [its being] like rain which We send down from the sky, and the vegetation of the earth mingles with it and [then] it becomes dry remnants, scattered by the winds. And Allah is ever, over all things, Perfect in Ability.
Quran 18:45. Arabic: Uthmani text (Tanzil). English: Sahih International.
Allah says: "And to Allah belong the best names, so invoke Him by them" (7:180). Begin your dua with يَا مُقْتَدِرُ (Yā Muqtadir) and ask for what fits its meaning. For example: "Yā Muqtadir, make what is hard easy for me."
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Questions
Al-Muqtadir (الْمُقْتَدِرُ) means The All-Powerful. Al-Muqtadir has full and perfect power over everything, carried out with precision.
Muqtadir is in 18:45, 54:42 and 54:55.
Say Yā Muqtadir (يَا مُقْتَدِرُ) at the start of your dua, then ask for what suits the Name, for example: "Yā Muqtadir, make what is hard easy for me."
Yes, as Abdul-Muqtadir, "servant of Al-Muqtadir". Names that show servitude to one of Allah's Names are among the best names, as the Prophet ﷺ said of Abdullah and Abdur-Rahman (Sahih Muslim 2132).