Name 15 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 15 of 99
الْقَهَّارُ
Al-Qahhār
The Subduer
Meaning
Al-Qahhar (الْقَهَّارُ) means The Subduer. It is name 15 in the well-known list of the 99 Names of Allah. Al-Qahhār overpowers everything, and all creation submits to Him, willingly or not. On the Last Day every claim to power ends and the kingdom is His alone.
Al-Qahhar comes from the Arabic root ق ه ر (q-h-r), which carries the sense of overpowering and subduing.
Al-Qahhār comes six times in the Quran, always next to Al-Wāḥid, the One.
يَوْمَ هُم بَٰرِزُونَ ۖ لَا يَخْفَىٰ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ مِنْهُمْ شَىْءٌۭ ۚ لِّمَنِ ٱلْمُلْكُ ٱلْيَوْمَ ۖ لِلَّهِ ٱلْوَٰحِدِ ٱلْقَهَّارِ
Yawma hum baarizoona laa yakhfaa 'alal laahi minhum shai; limanil mulkul Yawma lillaahil Waahidil Qahaar
The Day they come forth nothing concerning them will be concealed from Allah. To whom belongs [all] sovereignty this Day? To Allah, the One, the Prevailing.
Quran 40:16. Arabic: Uthmani text (Tanzil). English: Sahih International.
وَهُوَ ٱلْقَاهِرُ فَوْقَ عِبَادِهِۦ ۚ وَهُوَ ٱلْحَكِيمُ ٱلْخَبِيرُ
Wa Huwal gaahiru fawqa 'ibaadih; wa Huwal Hakeemul Khabeer
And He is the subjugator over His servants. And He is the Wise, the Acquainted [with all].
Quran 6:18. 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 قَهَّارُ (Yā Qahhār) and ask for what fits its meaning. For example: "Yā Qahhār, subdue my desires that pull me away from You."
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Questions
Al-Qahhar (الْقَهَّارُ) means The Subduer. Al-Qahhār overpowers everything, and all creation submits to Him, willingly or not.
Al-Qahhār comes six times in the Quran, always next to Al-Wāḥid, the One.
Say Yā Qahhār (يَا قَهَّارُ) at the start of your dua, then ask for what suits the Name, for example: "Yā Qahhār, subdue my desires that pull me away from You."
Yes, as Abdul-Qahhar, "servant of Al-Qahhar". 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).