قَدْرٌ
Root: قدر
Full Definition
قَدْرٌ
The quantity, quantum, measure, magnitude, size, bulk, proportion, extent, space, amount, sum, or number attained, of a thing; as also
قَدَرٌ and
قُدْرٌ and
مِقْدَارٌ . You say هٰذَا قَدْرُ هٰذَا, and
, This is the like of this [in quantity, &c.; is commensurate with, or proportionate to, this; and so هذا هذا]. And هُمْ قَدْرُ
مِائةٍ, and مائة, They are as many as a hundred. And أَخَذَ بِقَدْرِ حَقِّهِ, and
, and
, He took as much as his due, or right. And قَرَأَ بِقَدْرِ الفَاتِحَةِ, and
, and
, He read as much as the Fátihah. And أَقَمْتُ عِنْدَهُ قَدْرَ أَنْ يَفْعَلَ كَذَا
I remained at his abode long enough for him to do thus. But you say
جَآءَ عَلَى , thus only, with fet-h [to the dál, as is shown by what precedes in the Msb,] as meaning [It came according to measure; i. e.,] it was conformable; it matched; it suited. You say also جَاوَزَ قَدْرَهُ or
[He overstepped, transgressed, went beyond, or exceeded, his proper measure, bound, or limit: and the same is said of a thing]. (L, art. عند; &c.) And فَرَسَ بَعِيدُ القَدْرِ
A horse that takes long, or wide, steps. [And هٰذَا قَدْرِى
This is sufficient for me.]
2 [Hence, Estimation, value, worth, account, rank, quality, or degree of dignity;] greatness, majesty, honourableness, nobleness; gravity of character; as also قَدَرٌ . You say مَا لَهُ عِنْدِى قَدْرٌ, and قَدَرٌ , He has no honourableness, or gravity of character, in my opinion. In the words of the Kur, [vi. 91,] وَمَا قَدَرُوا ٱللّٰهَ حَقَّ قَدْرِهِ, [for explanations of which see 1,] we may also correctly read .
def.2 قَدْرٌ and قَدَرٌ , [the latter of which is the more common,] or قَدَرٌ alone, or both, and مِقْدَارٌ and تَقْدِيرٌ , and , with fet-h only [to the د], Decree, appointment, ordinance, or destiny: or what is decreed, appointed, &c.: syn. قَضَآءٌ and حُكْمٌ: or decree, &c., adapted [to a particular case], by God; expl. by قَضَآءٌ مُوَفَّقٌ, and مَا يُقَدِّرُهُ ٱللّٰهُ مِنَ القَضَآءِ, and القَضَآءُ الَّذِى يُقَدِّرُهُ ٱللّٰهُ: [accord. to general usage, it differs from قَضَآءٌ; this latter signifying a general decree of God, as that every living being shall die; whereas قَدَرٌ signifies a particular decree of God, as that a certain man shall die at a particular time and place &c.; or particular predestination: thus القَضَآءُ وَالقَدَرُ may be rendered the general and particular decrees of God; or general and particular predestination or fate and destiny. The term قَدَرٌ is variously explained by different schools and sects: but its proper meaning seems to be that given above on the authority of Lth.] The pl. of قَدَرٌ is أَقْدَارٌ; and of مَقَادِيرُ مِقْدَارٌ . You say الأُمُورُ تَجْرِى بِقَدَرِ ٱللّٰهِ, and , &c., Events have their course by the decree, &c., of God. It is said that لَيْلَةُ القَدْرِ signifies The night of decree,
def.3 قَدْرٌ and قَدَرٌ A camel's or horse's saddle of middling size; and in like manner قَادِرٌ , applied to a horse's saddle, between small and large; or this last signifies easy, that does not wound; like قَاتِرٌ: and مُقْتَدَرٌ , or مُقْتَدِرٌ , a thing, or anything, of middling size, whether in length or tallness or in width or breadth: مقتدرُ الخَلْقِ signifying a man, and a mountain-goat, and an antelope, of middling make: and مقتدرُ الطُولِ a man of middling stature or tallness; as also قُدَارٌ . And أُذُنٌ قَدْرَآءُ An ear neither small nor large.
def.4 See also قُدْرَةٌ.
2 [Hence, Estimation, value, worth, account, rank, quality, or degree of dignity;] greatness, majesty, honourableness, nobleness; gravity of character; as also قَدَرٌ . You say مَا لَهُ عِنْدِى قَدْرٌ, and قَدَرٌ , He has no honourableness, or gravity of character, in my opinion. In the words of the Kur, [vi. 91,] وَمَا قَدَرُوا ٱللّٰهَ حَقَّ قَدْرِهِ, [for explanations of which see 1,] we may also correctly read .
def.2 قَدْرٌ and قَدَرٌ , [the latter of which is the more common,] or قَدَرٌ alone, or both, and مِقْدَارٌ and تَقْدِيرٌ , and , with fet-h only [to the د], Decree, appointment, ordinance, or destiny: or what is decreed, appointed, &c.: syn. قَضَآءٌ and حُكْمٌ: or decree, &c., adapted [to a particular case], by God; expl. by قَضَآءٌ مُوَفَّقٌ, and مَا يُقَدِّرُهُ ٱللّٰهُ مِنَ القَضَآءِ, and القَضَآءُ الَّذِى يُقَدِّرُهُ ٱللّٰهُ: [accord. to general usage, it differs from قَضَآءٌ; this latter signifying a general decree of God, as that every living being shall die; whereas قَدَرٌ signifies a particular decree of God, as that a certain man shall die at a particular time and place &c.; or particular predestination: thus القَضَآءُ وَالقَدَرُ may be rendered the general and particular decrees of God; or general and particular predestination or fate and destiny. The term قَدَرٌ is variously explained by different schools and sects: but its proper meaning seems to be that given above on the authority of Lth.] The pl. of قَدَرٌ is أَقْدَارٌ; and of مَقَادِيرُ مِقْدَارٌ . You say الأُمُورُ تَجْرِى بِقَدَرِ ٱللّٰهِ, and , &c., Events have their course by the decree, &c., of God. It is said that لَيْلَةُ القَدْرِ signifies The night of decree,
def.3 قَدْرٌ and قَدَرٌ A camel's or horse's saddle of middling size; and in like manner قَادِرٌ , applied to a horse's saddle, between small and large; or this last signifies easy, that does not wound; like قَاتِرٌ: and مُقْتَدَرٌ , or مُقْتَدِرٌ , a thing, or anything, of middling size, whether in length or tallness or in width or breadth: مقتدرُ الخَلْقِ signifying a man, and a mountain-goat, and an antelope, of middling make: and مقتدرُ الطُولِ a man of middling stature or tallness; as also قُدَارٌ . And أُذُنٌ قَدْرَآءُ An ear neither small nor large.
def.4 See also قُدْرَةٌ.
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