Sufi Introduction to the 99 Names of Allah and sufi ... - Deen islam

Collected by Muhammad Sajad Ali - webmaster – www.deenislam.co.uk - 10 th December 2009
The All-Powerful. He who disposes at His will even of the strongest and mightiest of His
creatures.The One with the perfect Power that nothing is withheld from Him.
YA MUQTADIRU: O All-Powerful One! Those who often invoke this Name will awake from heedless
sleep. Anyone who continues to recite this name after awakening or says it 20 times. Allah will
have all his tasks fulfilled efficiently Insha-Allah. Any person who reads this name as much as he
can after waking up in the morning or atleast 20 times all his wrok will be done easliy.
The One whose supreme power determines and delivers the suitable measure of all things. The One
whose decisions always prevail. The One who has power and ability to ordain all things.
The One who is empowered to do whatever wisdom decides. The One who has the power and ability
to decide the outcome of all matters.
The One whose power enforces all decrees and ordains the course of all affairs. The One whose
decree prevails in every situation.
From the root q-d-r which has the following classical Arabic connotations:
to measure something, know the measure of something
to distribute, allot or apportion the suitable measure
to decree, to ordain, to decide a matter (as though measuring it to fit)
to exercise thought in preparing something, to make use of reason
to intend or determine something
to have the power to accomplish, to be rendered able
to be able to prevail, to be empowered
This name is used in the Qur'ân. For example, see 54:55
Qâdir, from this same q-d-r root, indicates the supreme ability to make a decree or ordain
something, while Muqtadir points to the supreme power by which that decree is enacted.
That is, Muqtadir is an intensive form of the root q-d-r which emphasizes the use Supreme Power to
actively enforce whatever Divine wisdom decides.
The Arabic prefix mu at the beginning of the word points toward the means by which something
happens, or the embodiment of an action, leading to translations such as the one who is, or the one
who does (similar to the suffix er in English).
Qâdir is a less intensive form of the root q-d-r which describes the attribute of being able to
decree, ordain, appoint or decide.
Related names:
Qawî - Strong - the One who is all-mighty and possesses inexhaustible strength.
Matîn - Firm - the One whose nature it is to be firm, determined and steadfast.
Qahhâr - Dominator - the One who dominates, conquers, overpowers
Qâdir - the One whose nature it is to decree, ordain, appoint, measure-out, decide.
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