The Beautiful Names of Allah

The 99 Names · Verse Keys

Al-Qaahir القاهر

The Irresistible, who has overpowered all beings and is above His servants.

Explanation

A detailed explanation of this name (in Arabic) is in: Sharh Asma' Allah al-Husna fi Daw' al-Kitab wa al-Sunnah — Dr. Sa'eed ibn 'Ali ibn Wahf al-Qahtani — p. 130 ↗

The author explains this name together with: Al-Qahhaar

Evidence

﴿وَهُوَ ٱلۡقَاهِرُ فَوۡقَ عِبَادِهِۦۚ وَهُوَ ٱلۡحَكِيمُ ٱلۡخَبِيرُ ۝١٨﴾
Al-An'am 18

Call upon Allah by this name

“To Allah belong the Beautiful Names, so call upon Him by them” — Al-A'raf 180

Example for practice
اللهم يا قاهر فوق عباده، اقهر عني عدوّي، واكسر شوكة الظالمين

O Allah, O Al-Qaahir above Your servants, subdue my enemy for me and break the power of the oppressors.

An example for practice, not a transmitted text — following the Quranic way of closing a request with the fitting name (see Ibn al-Qayyim, Bada'i' al-Fawa'id 2/249).

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