قادر able in Arabic
قادر is how you say “able” in Arabic.
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Example sentence
ثم ذكر الأمر المستدل عليه والمعاد بقوله ﴿إِنَّهُ عَلَى رَجْعِهِ لَقَادِرٌ﴾
Then He mentioned the matter being evidenced and the return, with His saying, 'Indeed, He is able to bring him back.'
لَقَادِرٌ is able
An emphatic 'surely/indeed' prefix fused to an active participle 'able'. The prefix adds force to the predicate that answers the earlier 'indeed', and the participle works as a doer-noun, 'one who is capable'.
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More example sentences
أي على رجعه إليه يوم القيامة كما هو قادر على خلقه من ماء هذا شأنه
That is, He is able to return him to Himself on the Day of Resurrection, just as He is able to create him from a fluid of this nature.
قَادِرٌ able
An active participle 'able/capable', working as the predicate that the preceding 'He' belongs to. As a doer-noun it takes the nominative ending of a subject's complement.