al-Qādir

The All-Capable

Recited as it sounds in the Qur'an, 6:65.

Heard together with: al-Qādir / al-Muqtadir (and qadīr, 57:2)

Start with what we know

Then take away everything it needs. What is left is not a bigger version of us. It is the Name.

Episode 1

Resting human body ~100 W.

But: Needs food, rest; tires.

Episode 2

Dung beetle 1,141× body weight.

Episode 3

NIF, 7 Apr 2025: 2.08 MJ laser in, 8.6 MJ fusion out (gain 4.13); the Sun releases 3.828 × 10²⁶ J per second.

But: World's largest laser; months between shots; fuel.

Episode 4

Take away effort, fuel, cost, means, resistance, time.

Thanos needed six stones and a gauntlet, and it nearly destroyed him. (36:82).

From the tradition: Bukhari 3194 'My Mercy overpowers My Anger' (power held with mercy); 'no might nor power except through Allah' (Bukhari 7386 ).

On screen

The films imagine someone gathering infinite power. The Names describe the One who never had to gather anything.

In scripture: Q 2:20; 36:81–82; 75:40; 2:258.
The same thread in Jewish and Christian scripture: Christian 'Almighty' (Creed); El Shaddai. Moderate.
In the universe: NIF vs the Sun.
In nature: Expansion: BBC 'Death of the Universe' (Brian Cox).
In people: 2:258: Abraham (peace be upon him) and the king who claimed power over life.
In science: Energy: E = mc²; fusion.

Living it

Humility: 'lā ḥawla wa lā quwwata illā billāh'.

Its kind

Capacity: a quality we know a little of: hearing, knowing, seeing.

In the Qur'an: 6:65; 17:99; 36:81

Films, documentaries and voices that reach towards this Name. Each links out to where you can watch it.

Sources for this page

Part D; motionpictures.org/2018/04/the-russo-brothers-say-avengers-infinity-war-is-a-thanos-movie/