The Ninety-Nine Names · the 53rd name
الْقَوِيّ
Al-Qawiyy
The All-Strong
- The rootق و ي
- From the rootqawiya: to be strong, to have power that acts
The essay
Strength that is exercised. The Qur'an tends to place this Name where people are afraid of someone else's power, the tyrant, the army, the crowd, and the placement is the argument: the strength you are afraid of is delegated and revocable. The verse pairs it with subtlety, so the power is not blunt. He is gentle with His servants, and He is the Strong. Both in one line.
In the Qur'an
ٱللَّهُ لَطِيفُۢ بِعِبَادِهِۦ يَرۡزُقُ مَن يَشَآءُۖ وَهُوَ ٱلۡقَوِيُّ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ
Allah is subtle with His servants; He provides for whom He wills. And He is the Strong, the Almighty.
this Name is in the Qur’an
What it asks of you
Fear of a powerful person is a category error you can correct in one sentence. Say the sentence.
Read beside it
The words