Al-Qabid — ٱلْقَابِض
The Withholder · The Constrictor
روکنے والا
Name 21 of 99 · Names of Power & Sovereignty · In the Quran: 1 time
Root: ق-ب-ض · To grasp, to contract, to withhold
Themes: Asma ul Husna · Rizq · Qadr · Trials & Tests
Meaning — English
Al-Qabid withholds, constrains, and constricts — rizq, souls at death, the heart. This is never arbitrary. Al-Qabid always appears paired with Al-Basit (the Expander) — together forming the complete picture of sovereignty over all states of expansion and contraction.
معنی — اردو
القابض روکتا اور تنگ کرتا ہے۔ لیکن یہ ہمیشہ حکمت کے ساتھ ہے۔ القابض ہمیشہ الباسط کے ساتھ آتا ہے۔
In Daily Life
When you are in a period of constriction — financially, emotionally, spiritually — Al-Qabid is teaching, pruning, or redirecting. Constriction is not abandonment; it is purposeful.
Key Ayaat
Related Names
- 9 - Al-Aziz ٱلْعَزِيز
- 10 - Al-Jabbar ٱلْجَبَّار
- 11 - Al-Mutakabbir ٱلْمُتَكَبِّر
- 16 - Al-Qahhar ٱلْقَهَّار
- 23 - Al-Khafid ٱلْخَافِض
- 24 - Ar-Rafi’ ٱلرَّافِع
- 25 - Al-Mu’izz ٱلْمُعِزّ
- 26 - Al-Mudhill ٱلْمُذِلّ