20/11/2025
Names of Allah
Al-Qฤdir
Al-Qฤdir means the All-Powerful. Allah (๏ทป) can do whatever He wants and nobody can stop Him. Allah (๏ทป) has power over His creation but they do not have power over Him. Allah (๏ทป) sometimes shows His power so that we do not forget that He is All-Powerful.
An example is when Muslims went to Egypt, during the time of โUmar (ุฑุถู ุงููู ุนูู). โUmar (ุฑุถู ุงููู ุนูู) sent one of the Prophetโs (๏ทบ) Companions, โAmr (ุฑุถู ุงููู ุนูู) to become the new leader of Egypt. Every year, the water of the River Nile would become very shallow. It was the belief of the Egyptian people that if they sacrificed a beautiful young girl by throwing her into the river, it would fill up with water again. This was very strange and worrying for the Muslims and the new leader โAmr (ุฑุถู ุงููู ุนูู).
So โAmr (ุฑุถู ุงููู ุนูู) wrote a letter to โUmar (ุฑุถู ุงููู ุนูู) explaining the situation. When โUmar (ุฑุถู ุงููู ุนูู) received โAmrโs (ุฑุถู ุงููู ุนูู) letter, he turned to Allah (๏ทป). He knew only Allah (๏ทป) could make the river flow again. He then sent a letter back to โAmr (ุฑุถู ุงููู ุนูู) to give to the River Nile.
The letter said: โO River! If you flow according to your own wish then we do not need you but if you flow according to the will of Allah, then we ask you to rise and not become shallow again.โ All the people gathered to see what would happen to the River Nile. To their amazement, it started flowing again! This is how Allah (๏ทป) showed His power to the people. The River Nile has never become shallow again after that.