# Kaf-he-Ra — قهر (qhr)

> Occurs in 10 verses of the Quran.

- **Source:** https://quran.so/root/qhr

- **Meaning:** to oppress, compel against one's wishes, subdue, overcome, become superior in power or force, overbear, get mastery over, constrain, treat harshly, thwart. qahir - master, victorious, one who subdues.
- **Derived forms:** تَقْهَرْ (1) · قَاهِر (3) · قَهَّار (6)

## Verses containing this root

### 6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 18

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْقَاهِرُ — l-qāhiru · "(is) the Subjugator"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine · nominative case

وَهُوَ الْقَاهِرُ فَوْقَ عِبَادِه۪ۜ وَهُوَ الْحَك۪يمُ الْخَب۪يرُ

Wahuwa alqahiru fawqa AAibadihiwahuwa alhakeemu alkhabeer

And He is the Conqueror over His servants; and He is the Wise, the Aware.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anam/verse-18.md_

### 6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 61

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْقَاهِرُ — l-qāhiru · "(is) the Subjugator"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine · nominative case

وَهُوَ الْقَاهِرُ فَوْقَ عِبَادِه۪ وَيُرْسِلُ عَلَيْكُمْ حَفَظَةًۜ حَتّٰٓى اِذَا جَٓاءَ اَحَدَكُمُ الْمَوْتُ تَوَفَّتْهُ رُسُلُنَا وَهُمْ لَا يُفَرِّطُونَ

Wahuwa alqahiru fawqa AAibadihiwayursilu AAalaykum hafathatan hattaitha jaa ahadakumu almawtu tawaffat-hurusuluna wahum la yufarritoon

And He is the Conqueror over His servants; and He sends guardians over you. When death has come to one of you, Our messengers take him, and they fail not;

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anam/verse-61.md_

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 127

- **Form in this verse:** قَـٰهِرُونَ — qāhirūna · "(are) subjugators"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine, plural · nominative case

وَقَالَ الْمَلَأُ مِنْ قَوْمِ فِرْعَوْنَ اَتَذَرُ مُوسٰى وَقَوْمَهُ لِيُفْسِدُوا فِي الْاَرْضِ وَيَذَرَكَ وَاٰلِهَتَكَۜ قَالَ سَنُقَتِّلُ اَبْنَٓاءَهُمْ وَنَسْتَحْـي۪ نِسَٓاءَهُمْۚ وَاِنَّا فَوْقَهُمْ قَاهِرُونَ

Waqala almalao min qawmi firAAawnaatatharu moosa waqawmahu liyufsidoo fee al-ardiwayatharaka waalihataka qala sanuqattilu abnaahumwanastahyee nisaahum wa-inna fawqahum qahiroon

And the eminent ones among the people of Pharaoh said: “Wilt thou leave Moses and his people to work corruption in the land, and leave thee and thy gods?” Said he: “We will kill their sons and spare their women; for indeed we have them in subjugation.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-127.md_

### 12. Surah Yusuf, Verse 39

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْقَهَّارُ — l-qahāru · "the Irresistible"
  - **Grammar:** adjective · masculine, singular · nominative case

يَا صَاحِبَيِ السِّجْنِ ءَاَرْبَابٌ مُتَفَرِّقُونَ خَيْرٌ اَمِ اللّٰهُ الْوَاحِدُ الْقَهَّارُۜ

Ya sahibayi assijniaarbabun mutafarriqoona khayrun ami Allahu alwahidualqahhar

“O my two prison companions: are different lords better or God, the One, the Vanquishing?

_https://quran.so/surah-yusuf/verse-39.md_

### 13. Surah Ar-Ra'd, Verse 16

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْقَهَّـٰرُ — l-qahāru · "the Irresistible"
  - **Grammar:** adjective · masculine, singular · nominative case

قُلْ مَنْ رَبُّ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضِۜ  قُلِ اللّٰهُۜ  قُلْ اَفَاتَّخَذْتُمْ مِنْ دُونِه۪ٓ اَوْلِيَٓاءَ لَا يَمْلِكُونَ لِاَنْفُسِهِمْ نَفْعاً وَلَا ضَراًّۜ قُلْ هَلْ يَسْتَوِي الْاَعْمٰى وَالْبَص۪يرُۙ  اَمْ هَلْ تَسْتَوِي الظُّلُمَاتُ وَالنُّورُۚ  اَمْ جَعَلُوا لِلّٰهِ شُرَكَٓاءَ خَلَقُوا كَخَلْقِه۪ فَتَشَابَهَ الْخَلْقُ عَلَيْهِمْۜ  قُلِ اللّٰهُ خَالِقُ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ وَهُوَ الْوَاحِدُ الْقَهَّارُ

Qul man rabbu assamawatiwal-ardi quli Allahu qul afattakhathtummin doonihi awliyaa la yamlikoona li-anfusihimnafAAan wala darran qul hal yastawee al-aAAmawalbaseeru am hal tastawee aththulumatuwannooru am jaAAaloo lillahi shurakaakhalaqoo kakhalqihi fatashabaha alkhalqu AAalayhim quliAllahu khaliqu kulli shay-in wahuwa alwahidualqahhar

Say thou: “Who is the Lord of the heavens and the earth?” Say thou: “God.” Say thou: “Have you then taken, besides Him, allies which have not power to do themselves benefit or harm?” Say thou: “Is the blind equal to the seeing? Or is darkness equal to the light?” If they have ascribed to God partners that created the like of His creation, then the creation appears the same to them. Say thou: “God is creator of all things, and He is the One, the Vanquishing.”

_https://quran.so/surah-ar-rad/verse-16.md_

### 14. Surah Ibrahim, Verse 48

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْقَهَّارِ — l-qahāri · "the Irresistible"
  - **Grammar:** adjective · masculine, singular · genitive case

يَوْمَ تُبَدَّلُ الْاَرْضُ غَيْرَ الْاَرْضِ وَالسَّمٰوَاتُ وَبَرَزُوا لِلّٰهِ الْوَاحِدِ الْقَهَّارِ

Yawma tubaddalu al-ardu ghayra al-ardiwassamawatu wabarazoo lillahi alwahidialqahhar

The day the earth will be changed to another earth, and the heavens, they will emerge before God, the One, the Vanquishing.

_https://quran.so/surah-ibrahim/verse-48.md_

### 38. Surah Sad, Verse 65

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْقَهَّارُ — l-qahāru · "the Irresistible"
  - **Grammar:** adjective · masculine, singular · nominative case

قُلْ اِنَّـمَٓا اَنَا۬ مُنْذِرٌۗ وَمَا مِنْ اِلٰهٍ اِلَّا اللّٰهُ الْوَاحِدُ الْقَهَّارُۚ

Qul innama ana munthirunwama min ilahin illa Allahu alwahidualqahhar

Say thou: “I am only a warner; and there is no god save God, the One, the Vanquishing,

_https://quran.so/surah-sad/verse-65.md_

### 39. Surah Az-Zumar, Verse 4

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْقَهَّارُ — l-qahāru · "the Irresistible"
  - **Grammar:** adjective · masculine, singular · nominative case

لَوْ اَرَادَ اللّٰهُ اَنْ يَتَّخِذَ وَلَداً لَاصْطَفٰى مِمَّا يَخْلُقُ مَا يَشَٓاءُۙ سُبْحَانَهُۜ هُوَ اللّٰهُ الْوَاحِدُ الْقَهَّارُ

Law arada Allahu an yattakhithawaladan lastafa mimma yakhluqu mayashao subhanahu huwa Allahu alwahidualqahhar

Had God willed to take a son, He would have chosen from what He created what He willed. Glory be to Him! He is God, the One, the Vanquishing!

_https://quran.so/surah-az-zumar/verse-4.md_

### 40. Surah Ghafir, Verse 16

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْقَهَّارِ — l-qahāri · "the Irresistible"
  - **Grammar:** adjective · masculine, singular · genitive case

يَوْمَ هُمْ بَارِزُونَۚ لَا يَخْفٰى عَلَى اللّٰهِ مِنْهُمْ شَيْءٌۜ لِمَنِ الْمُلْكُ الْيَوْمَۜ لِلّٰهِ الْوَاحِدِ الْقَهَّارِ

Yawma hum barizoona la yakhfaAAala Allahi minhum shay-on limani almulku alyawmalillahi alwahidi alqahhar

The day they emerge nothing of them will be hidden from God: “Whose is the dominion this day?” — “It belongs to God, the One, the Vanquishing:

_https://quran.so/surah-ghafir/verse-16.md_

### 93. Surah Ad-Duhaa, Verse 9

- **Form in this verse:** تَقْهَرْ — taqhar · "oppress"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, singular · present tense

فَاَمَّا الْيَت۪يمَ فَلَا تَقْهَرْۜ

Faamma alyateema fala taqhar

Then as for the fatherless: oppress thou not.

_https://quran.so/surah-ad-duhaa/verse-9.md_

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