The word · Belief
القَضَاء
Qada
Allah's decree carried out: the partner word to qadr, though scholars differ over which term means which.
Also written · Qadha · Qaza · Kaza · Qadaa · Qadhaa · Qadha wa Qadar · Qada wa Qadar · Divine judgement · Decree
The meaning
What Qada means in Islam
One common explanation is that qadr is the eternal measuring and qada is the putting into effect, while other scholars reverse the two. Either way, when the pair is used together they mean one thing: nothing reaches you from outside Allah's knowledge and will. In fiqh the same word means making up a missed prayer or fast, and it also means a judge's ruling, which are different uses of one root.
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Words that sit beside it
- QadrAllah's decree: that He knows, wrote, willed and created all that happens, without forcing anyone to sin.القَدَر
- IkhtiyarHuman choice: real enough to be answerable for, and never outside Allah's knowledge and creation.الاِخْتِيَار
- AjalThe appointed term of a life or a nation, which does not arrive early or run late.الأَجَل
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- Adhab al-QabrThe punishment or ease a person meets in the grave, before the Day of Judgement arrives.عَذَابُ القَبْر
- Ba'thThe resurrection: bodies raised and souls returned, so that everyone stands for judgement.البَعْث
- IstidrajBeing drawn in slowly by blessings while sinning, so that ease becomes a punishment rather than approval.الاِسْتِدْرَاج
- Lawh MahfuzThe Preserved Tablet, in which everything decreed was written down before it happened.اللَّوْحُ المَحْفُوظ
- QalamThe Pen, commanded to write the decree of everything that would happen until the Day of Judgement.القَلَم
- SiratThe bridge laid over Hell that everyone must cross, at speeds matching their deeds.الصِّرَاط