قُوَّة strength in Arabic

وإلا فالدولة لعدوه عليه، ولا حول ولا قوة إلا بالله العليّ العظيم

Otherwise, the upper hand belongs to his enemy over him, and there is no power or strength except with Allah, the Most High, the Great.

قُوَّةَ strength

'Strength', accusative without tanwin under the second 'no' — 'nor strength'. The same total-denial shape, paired with 'power'.

From How Satan Exploits Weakness

انبَعَثَ من العَبْد قُوَّة الْحيَاء

A sense of modesty arises from the servant.

قُوَّةُ strength of

'Strength / capacity', first term of an 'of' pairing — 'the strength of modesty' — nominative as the delayed subject of 'arose'. It owns the noun that follows.

From Humility Before the Divine

انبعثت من العَبْد قُوَّة التَّوَكُّل عَلَيْهِ والتفويض إِلَيْهِ وَالرِّضَا بِهِ

A strength of reliance upon Him, entrusting to Him, and contentment with Him arises from the servant.

قُوَّةُ the strength

'Strength', first term of an 'of' pairing — 'the strength of reliance' — nominative as the delayed subject of 'arose'. It owns the noun that follows.

From Humility Before the Divine

وَيذْهب طيشه وقوته وحدته

And his impulsiveness, strength, and sharpness vanish.

وَقُوَّتُهُ and strength

'And' plus 'force / violence' with '-hu' (his), parallel subject, nominative — his harsh force. The second.

From Humility Before the Divine

ثم أخبر سبحانه عن حال الانسان في يوم القيامة أنه غير ممتنع من عذاب الله لا بقوة منه ولا بقوة من خارج وهو الناصر

Then Allah informed that on the Day of Judgment, a human cannot protect himself from Allah's punishment, neither through his own strength nor through outside help.

بِقُوَّةٍ through strength

A preposition bi- fused onto an indefinite noun, 'by/through strength'. The bi- here marks instrument or means and forces the genitive; the noun is indefinite because it denies any such strength at all.

From Preparing for Judgment Day

ثم أخبر سبحانه عن حال الانسان في يوم القيامة أنه غير ممتنع من عذاب الله لا بقوة منه ولا بقوة من خارج وهو الناصر

Then Allah informed that on the Day of Judgment, a human cannot protect himself from Allah's punishment, neither through his own strength nor through outside help.

بِقُوَّةٍ through strength

A preposition bi- fused onto an indefinite noun, again 'by strength', here the outside kind. The bi- marks means and forces the genitive; the repetition parallels the first to set up the second source.

From Preparing for Judgment Day

فإن العبد إذا وقع في شدة فإما أن يدفعها بقوته أو قوة من ينصره

For when a servant falls into hardship, he either repels it with his own strength or the strength of someone who helps him.

بِقُوَّتِهِ with his strength

A preposition bi- fused onto a noun carrying -hi (his), 'with his strength'. The bi- marks the instrument and forces the genitive; the attached -hi is the owner of the strength.

From Preparing for Judgment Day

فإن العبد إذا وقع في شدة فإما أن يدفعها بقوته أو قوة من ينصره

For when a servant falls into hardship, he either repels it with his own strength or the strength of someone who helps him.

بِقُوَّةٍ the strength

A preposition bi- fused onto an indefinite noun, 'with a strength', and this noun heads a relative idea completed by the verb after it. The bi- marks means; the indefinite noun is then specified by 'of one who helps him'.

From Preparing for Judgment Day

فإن العبد إذا وقع في شدة فإما أن يدفعها بقوته أو قوة من ينصره وكلاهما معدوم في حقه

For when the servant falls into distress, he either repels it with his strength or with the strength of one who aids him, and both are absent in his case.

بِقُوَّتِهِ with his strength

A preposition 'by/with' fused to a noun 'strength' carrying an attached 'his' ending, 'by his own strength'. The preposition forces the genitive, and the pronoun names the servant as the strength's owner.

From Signs of Resurrection

فإن العبد إذا وقع في شدة فإما أن يدفعها بقوته أو قوة من ينصره وكلاهما معدوم في حقه

For when the servant falls into distress, he either repels it with his strength or with the strength of one who aids him, and both are absent in his case.

قُوَّةٍ with strength

A noun 'strength of', held in the genitive (parallel to the first option) and opening an 'of' pairing with the helper-clause that follows. It is the strength of whoever might help.

From Signs of Resurrection

ثم أخبر سبحانه عن حال الانسان في يوم القيامة أنه غير ممتنع من عذاب الله لا بقوة منه ولا بقوة من خارج

Then Allah, the Exalted, tells about the state of humankind on the Day of Judgment: they cannot escape Allah's punishment, neither by their own strength nor by any external force.

بِقُوَّةٍ by their own strength

This word fuses the 'with/by' preposition to the noun 'strength', and the preposition forces the genitive ending. It marks the means by which escape might be attempted. It is indefinite, 'by any strength', generalizing rather than pointing to a specific power.

From Oaths That Seal the Truth

ثم أخبر سبحانه عن حال الانسان في يوم القيامة أنه غير ممتنع من عذاب الله لا بقوة منه ولا بقوة من خارج

Then Allah, the Exalted, tells about the state of humankind on the Day of Judgment: they cannot escape Allah's punishment, neither by their own strength nor by any external force.

بِقُوَّةٍ by an external force

This again fuses 'by' to 'strength', genitive after the preposition, but now stands for the second, external option. Identical in form to the earlier phrase, its role is to complete the balanced pair of denied means; the contrast is carried by the phrase that follows it.

From Oaths That Seal the Truth

وهو الناصر فإن العبد إذا وقع في شدة فإما أن يدفعها بقوته أو قوة من ينصره وكلاهما معدوم في حقه

He is the helper, for when the servant falls into distress, he may either repel it with his own strength or with the strength of someone who helps him; both of these are absent in his case.

بِقُوَّتِهِ with his own strength

This bundles 'with/by' plus 'strength' plus an attached 'his'. The preposition governs the noun in the genitive, and the attached owner pins the strength to the servant himself. Three English words, 'with his strength', live inside this one Arabic word.

From Oaths That Seal the Truth

وهو الناصر فإن العبد إذا وقع في شدة فإما أن يدفعها بقوته أو قوة من ينصره وكلاهما معدوم في حقه

He is the helper, for when the servant falls into distress, he may either repel it with his own strength or with the strength of someone who helps him; both of these are absent in his case.

قُوَّةٍ by strength

This noun 'strength' is the second option and heads an 'of' pair with the relative clause that follows, 'the strength of one who helps'. It is in the genitive carried over from the earlier instrumental phrase and stays indefinite, naming outside help in general.

From Oaths That Seal the Truth

ولا قوة إلا بالله فاقرأ كتابك كفى بنفسك عليك حسيبا ،

And there is no power except with God, so read your book; sufficient are you as a reckoner against yourself,

قُوَّةَ power

This noun, 'power', sits in the bare ending demanded by the absolute 'no' before it, with no al- and no separate sound for the ending: 'no power'. Arabic uses this stripped shape after the la of total denial to say the thing is wholly absent.

From True Devotion

وأكثر من لا حول ولا قوة إلا بالله ،

And frequently say 'There is no power nor strength except by God,'

قُوَّةَ strength

This noun, 'strength', sits in the object ending after the second 'nor', completing the paired denial 'no power nor strength'. Arabic marks this second negated noun with the plain object ending, balancing the first item.

From True Devotion