Al-Qawiyy
الْقَوِيّ
The Most Strong
What it means
Al-Qawīy is strength that does not weaken with time, exertion, or opposition. Every strength in creation — a mountain's mass, a lion's spring, an idea's spread — draws from Him and eventually returns to Him.
Qur'anic evidence
This name appears explicitly in the following ayahs:
Sources for this entry
The Arabic name and its enumeration follow the traditional list in Sunan al-Tirmidhī (§3507). The concise explanation reflects the consensus classical understanding taught in Al-Ghazālī's Al-Maqṣad al-Asnā and Ibn Kathīr's tafsīr. Qur'anic references are locations where the name appears in the Mushaf.
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