The 99 Names · Verse Keys
Al-Qawiyy القوي
The Strong, perfect in strength; the strength of creatures, however great, cannot be compared to His.
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. 94 ↗
The author explains this name together with: Al-'Azeez, Al-Qadeer, Al-Qaadir, Al-Muqtadir, Al-Mateen
Evidence
﴿إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ ٱلرَّزَّاقُ ذُو ٱلۡقُوَّةِ ٱلۡمَتِينُ ٥٨﴾
﴿فَلَمَّا جَآءَ أَمۡرُنَا نَجَّيۡنَا صَٰلِحࣰا وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ مَعَهُۥ بِرَحۡمَةࣲ مِّنَّا وَمِنۡ خِزۡيِ يَوۡمِئِذٍۚ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ ٱلۡقَوِيُّ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٦٦﴾
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 قوي، قوِّ ضعفي في رضاك، ولا تكلني إلى حولي وقوتي
O Allah, O Al-Qawiyy, strengthen my weakness in what pleases You, and do not leave me to my own might and strength.
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).