Names of Allah: Al Jabbar

Names of Allah: Al Jabbar is an Islamic video for children aged 4 to 9 in which Sheikh Azhari and his children learn about Al-Jabbar, one of the beautiful names of Allah, which means the Compeller, whose will nothing can resist, and also the One who mends what is broken.

When a family friend broke his leg, he had a plaster cast. In Arabic a cast is called a jabeera, and it helps a broken bone mend. Al-Jabbar comes from the same root: Allah is the One who fixes what is broken. So if two of your friends fall out, the Sheikh says, you can make dua: "O Allah, You are Al-Jabbar, mend things between them." The name also means the Compeller, whose will nothing can resist. In the Qur'an it is used for Allah once.

In story time, the Sheikh tells how Prophet Musa (AS) told his people to enter the holy land, but they refused, afraid of the mighty people living there. Because they would not obey, Allah kept them from entering it for forty years.

Later, after Musa, another prophet led the people to the town. The sun was about to set, so he asked Allah to hold it back, and the sun stood still until they had entered and won. The treasure they gained was not allowed for them: it was to be burned by a fire sent by Allah. But the fire would not burn it, because someone had stolen from it. So the prophet had a man from each tribe shake his hand, and one hand stuck. The stolen treasure was brought back, and then the fire consumed it all.

• Surah Al-Hashr 59:23: He is Allah, the King, the Holy, the Source of Peace ... the Almighty, Al-Jabbar, the Supreme.
• Surah Al-Ma'idah 5:20-26: Musa tells his people to enter the holy land; they refuse, fearing a mighty people there, and are kept from it for forty years.
• Sahih al-Bukhari 3124: A prophet asked Allah to hold back the sun until his people entered the town; when the fire would not consume the spoils, a hand stuck in his and the stolen gold was returned.