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The Arabic noun qada (قَضَى) means "a decree" and verb qudiya (قُضِيَ) means literally "carrying out or fulfilling". In Islamic jurisprudence it refers to fulfilling or completing those duties that one may have missed due to some reason or other. [1] It can also mean qadee, a court judgement or the art of adjudication. [2]
Abu Zayd pleads before the qadi of Ma'arra (1334), unknown painter, Maqamat al-Hariri, Austrian National Library. The term ' qāḍī ' was in use from the time of Muhammad during the early history of Islam, and remained the term used for judges throughout Islamic history and the period of the caliphates.
In Islam, "predestination" is the usual English language rendering of a belief that Muslims call al-qaḍāʾ wa l-qadar ([ælqɑˈdˤɑːʔ wælˈqɑdɑr] القضاء والقدر).
Qadariyyah (Arabic: قَدَرِيَّة, romanized: Qadariyya), also Qadarites or Kadarites, from qadar (), meaning "power", [1] [2] was originally a derogatory term designating early Islamic theologians who rejected the concept of predestination in Islam, qadr, and asserted that humans possess absolute free will, making them responsible for their actions, justifying divine punishment and ...
Qada may refer to: Qada (Islamic term), judgement or fulfillment of neglected duties; Qadan culture of Northeastern Africa (15,000 BCE to 11,000 BCE) The Arabic form of the Turkish administrative division Kaza
The Night of Power [2] (Arabic: لیلة القدر, romanized: Laylat al-Qadr; also rendered as the Night of Destiny, [3] Night of Decree, [4] Night of Determination, or the Precious Night), is, in Islamic belief, the night when Muslims believe the Quran was first sent down from heaven to the world, and also the night when its first verses ...
The concept of divine predestination in Islam (Arabic: القضاء والقدر, al-qadāʾ wa l-qadar) means that every matter, good or bad, is believed to have been decreed by God. Al-qadar , meaning "power", derives from a root that means "to measure" or "calculating".
Dhu al-Qa'dah (Arabic: ذُو ٱلْقَعْدَة, Ḏū al-Qa ʿdah, IPA: [ðu‿l.qaʕ.dah]), also spelled Dhu al-Qi'dah or Zu al-Qa'dah, is the eleventh month in the Islamic calendar. It could possibly mean "possessor or owner of the sitting and seating place" - the space occupied while sitting or the manner of the sitting, pose or posture.