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مُقَدَّر
predestined /muˈqad.dar/
adjectiveB2#3215 most common
Also: decreed (by fate), estimated, fated
Example sentences
كل شيء مقدر.
Everything is predestined.
الموت مقدر على الجميع.
Death is decreed for everyone.
أؤمن أن رزقي مقدر من الله.
I believe my sustenance is decreed by God.
التكلفة المقدرة للمشروع مليون دولار.
The estimated cost of the project is one million dollars.
كانت تلك اللحظة مقدرة منذ الأزل، وإن لم يدركها أحد.
That moment was predestined since eternity, even though no one perceived it.
يرى الفيلسوف أن الحرية الإنسانية لا تتعارض مع كون الأفعال مقدرة سلفا في علم الله.
The philosopher holds that human freedom does not conflict with the fact that actions are predetermined in advance in God's knowledge.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مُقَدَّرٌ | مُقَدَّرُونَ |
| Genitive | مُقَدَّرٍ | مُقَدَّرِينَ |
| Accusative | مُقَدَّراً | مُقَدَّرِينَ |
| Vocative | مُقَدَّرُ | مُقَدَّرُونَ |
Word family
قدر (qadar)fate, destiny, divine decree
قادر (qādir)capable, able
قدرة (qudra)ability, power
تقدير (taqdīr)estimation, appreciation
مقدار (miqdār)amount, quantity
Etymology
مُقَدَّر is the passive participle of the Form II verb قدّر (qaddara), built on the triliteral Semitic root ق-د-ر (q-d-r), whose core sense is power, measure, and determination. From this root Arabic also derives قدر (qadar), the theological term for divine decree or fate, a central concept in Islamic thought. The same participle pattern also covers the more secular sense of estimating a quantity, which is why مُقَدَّر can mean both fated and estimated depending on context.
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