Example
إذا جاء القدر عمي البصر فلا حيلة للإنسان أمام المقدور.
When fate strikes it defies human ingenuity — man has no recourse before what is decreed.
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Words from the same root
ق د رArabic words grow from roots. These words share the root of القدر, so their meanings are related: learn them together.
- قدّر to estimate, to appreciate
- يقدّر to estimate, to appreciate
- تقدير estimation, appreciation
- قَدَرَ على was able to, had the ability to, could
- يَقدِر على to be capable of, to be able to
- المقادير ingredients, quantities
- قدراً من الـ an amount of some
- القُدرة على (أنْ) the ability to
- بقدر الإمكان to the best of one’s ability
- على قدر الإمكان as much as possible
- قدّر، يقدّر، التقدير to appreciate; esteem; estimate; value