المُقْتَدِر
Al-Muqtadir
The Omnipotent
What does Al-Muqtadir mean?
Al-Muqtadir (المُقْتَدِر) means “The Omnipotent.” It is Name 70 in this collection of the 99 Names of Allah. The sections below explain the meaning, provide the available Quranic evidence and let you hear the Arabic pronunciation.
Meaning of Al-Muqtadir
The meaning of the name is The Omnipotent.
How to pronounce Al-Muqtadir
The English transliteration is Al-Muqtadir. Use the audio control in the name card above to hear المُقْتَدِر pronounced in Arabic before repeating it.
About the name Al-Muqtadir
"Al-Muqtadir" is a superlative of "al-Qadir" which enhances the prestige and awe inspired by the latter. Al-Muqtadir controls everything through His might which encompasses all His creation. His might is endless, Who manages all affairs, Who manifests His might to the souls through the light of His Attribute al-Muqtadir and thus grants them serenity and security.
Al-Muqtadir in the Quran
كَذَّبُوا بِآيَاتِنَا كُلِّهَا فَأَخَذْنَاهُمْ أَخْذَ عَزِيزٍ مُقْتَدِرٍ who denied all of Our signs. So We seized them with the seizing of One [who is] all-mighty, Omnipotent. Al-Qamar : 42 وَاضْرِبْ لَهُمْ مَثَلَ الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا كَمَاءٍ أَنْزَلْنَاهُ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ فَاخْتَلَطَ بِهِ نَبَاتُ الْأَرْضِ فَأَصْبَحَ هَشِيمًا تَذْرُوهُ الرِّيَاحُ ۗ وَكَانَ اللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ مُقْتَدِرًا Draw for them the parable of the life of this world: [It is] like the water We send down from the sky. Then the earth’s vegetation mingles with it. Then it becomes chaff, scattered by the wind. And Allah has power over all things. Al-Kahf : 45