Al-Qadir, the Able.

Al-Qadir (الْقَادِرُ) means The Able. It is name 69 in the well-known list of the 99 Names of Allah. Al-Qādir is able to do anything He wills. Nothing is difficult for Him, raising the dead included.

The root and its meaning

Al-Qadir comes from the Arabic root ق د ر (q-d-r), which carries the sense of power and measure (qadar).

Where it is in the Quran

Al-Qādir is in 6:65, and qadīr (All-Powerful) closes many verses.

Surah Al-An'aam 6:65

قُلْ هُوَ ٱلْقَادِرُ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يَبْعَثَ عَلَيْكُمْ عَذَابًۭا مِّن فَوْقِكُمْ أَوْ مِن تَحْتِ أَرْجُلِكُمْ أَوْ يَلْبِسَكُمْ شِيَعًۭا وَيُذِيقَ بَعْضَكُم بَأْسَ بَعْضٍ ۗ ٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ نُصَرِّفُ ٱلْءَايَٰتِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَفْقَهُونَ

Qul huwal Qaadiru 'alaaa ai yab'asa 'alaikum 'azaabam min fawqikum aw min tahti arjulikum aw yalbisakum shiya'anw wa yuzeeqa ba'dakum baasa ba'd; unzur kaifa nusarriful Aayaati la'allahum yafqahoon

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.

Quran 6:65. Arabic: Uthmani text (Tanzil). English: Sahih International.

Surah Al-Qiyaama 75:40

أَلَيْسَ ذَٰلِكَ بِقَٰدِرٍ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يُحْۦِىَ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ

Alaisa zaalika biqaadirin 'alaaa any yuhyiyal mawtaa

Is not that [Creator] Able to give life to the dead?

Quran 75:40. Arabic: Uthmani text (Tanzil). English: Sahih International.

Calling on Allah by this Name

Allah says: "And to Allah belong the best names, so invoke Him by them" (7:180). Begin your dua with يَا قَادِرُ (Yā Qādir) and ask for what fits its meaning. For example: "Yā Qādir, nothing is too hard for You."

In the istikhara dua: "You are able and I am not, You know and I do not."

Sahih al-Bukhari 1162

1. Quran 6:65, translation by Sahih International.
2. Quran 75:40, translation by Sahih International.
3. Sahih al-Bukhari 1162.

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