The word · Belief
القَدَر
Qadr
Allah's decree: that He knows, wrote, willed and created all that happens, without forcing anyone to sin.
Also written · Qadar · Qadhar · Kadar · Qader · Taqdir · Taqdeer · Takdir · Predestination · Divine decree · Destiny · Fate · Qadaa wa Qadar
The meaning
What Qadr means in Islam
Scholars describe four levels to it: Allah's knowledge of everything, its writing in the Preserved Tablet, His will, and His creating it. The Qur'an says He created every thing in due measure (Qur'an 54:49), and the word itself carries measure rather than blind fate. Belief in qadr is the sixth article of faith in the hadith of Jibril. It does not remove your choice and it is not a reason to stop trying, which is why the Prophet peace be upon him answered a question about it by telling the man to act.
Evidence · Qur’an · Stated directly in the Qur’an
Read beside it
Rooms that name it
- Aisha asked what to say if she found the nightA Light · Aisha · the last ten nights of Ramadan
- Surah Al-QadrSurah 97 · The Night of Decree
Words that sit beside it
- QadaAllah's decree carried out: the partner word to qadr, though scholars differ over which term means which.القَضَاء
- 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
- 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
- TawakkulRelying on Allah for the outcome while still doing the work that leads to it.التَّوَكُّل
More from Belief
- Adhab al-QabrThe punishment or ease a person meets in the grave, before the Day of Judgement arrives.عَذَابُ القَبْر
- AthariThe Sunni creed school that keeps to the wording of the texts and avoids theological speculation.الأَثَرِيَّة
- ImanFaith: belief in Allah, His angels, His books, His messengers, the Last Day, and the decree.الإِيمَان
- KufrDisbelief: rejecting or refusing what a person knows Allah has revealed.الكُفْر
- NifaqHypocrisy: showing belief outwardly while concealing disbelief, or acting against the faith one claims.النِّفَاق
- ShirkGiving to something other than Allah what belongs to Allah alone, above all worship.الشِّرْك