Al-Qabid — ٱلْقَابِض

The Withholder · The Constrictor

روکنے والا

Root: ق-ب-ض — To grasp, to contract, to withhold

Category: Names of Power & Sovereignty · In the Quran: 1 time


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.


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