Al-Jabbar

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Al-Jabbar is one of the traditional Islamic Names of God, commonly understood to mean “The Compeller” or “The Restorer,” emphasizing God’s absolute power and ability to mend all things.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Al-Jabbar canonical 2
al-Jabbār 1
ٱلْجَبَّار 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Arabic theonym ⓘ
Divine name ⓘ
Name of God in Islam ⓘ
appearsIn Qur’an 59:23 ⓘ
associatedConcept divine compulsion ⓘ
divine healing ⓘ
restoration of brokenness ⓘ
upholding justice ⓘ
category Islamic devotional practice ⓘ
Islamic theology ⓘ
contrastsWith human weakness ⓘ
denotesAttribute God’s ability to restore and mend ⓘ
God’s absolute power ⓘ
God’s irresistible will ⓘ
God’s majesty ⓘ
linked to: Glory of God

God’s sovereignty ⓘ
emphasizes God’s authority over all affairs ⓘ
God’s independence from creation ⓘ
epithetOf Allah ⓘ
grammaticalForm Arabic intensive form (fa‘‘āl pattern) ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
liturgicalUse used in formal supplications (du‘a) ⓘ
used in personal prayers ⓘ
meaning The All-Compelling ⓘ
linked to: The Irresistible

The Compeller ⓘ
The Irresistible ⓘ
The One Who Mends ⓘ
The Restorer ⓘ
partOf 99 Names of Allah ⓘ
linked to: Al-Asma ul-Husna

Asma ul-Husna ⓘ
linked to: Asma ul Husna
recitationPractice recited in litanies of the 99 Names ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
root J-B-R ⓘ
rootMeaning to compel ⓘ
to restore ⓘ
to set a broken bone ⓘ
scripturalSource Qur’an ⓘ
linked to: Quran
theologicalRole expresses God’s mercy in mending hearts ⓘ
expresses God’s power to subdue oppressors ⓘ
transliteration al-Jabbār ⓘ
linked to: Al-Jabbar
usedFor invocation in Islamic supplication ⓘ
remembrance of God (dhikr) ⓘ
veneratedBy Shia Muslims ⓘ
linked to: Shia Islam

Sufi Muslims ⓘ
Sunni Muslims ⓘ
linked to: Sunni Islam

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Exile → listsDivineNames → Al-Jabbar ⓘ
Al-Jabbar → translationOf → ٱلْجَبَّار ⓘ
subject linked to: Al-Jabbar (The Compeller)
linked to: Al-Jabbar
Al-Jabbar → transliteration → al-Jabbār ⓘ
linked to: Al-Jabbar
Al-Aziz → isRelatedNameTo → Al-Jabbar ⓘ