قدر

2 قدّر ذ , inf. n. تَقْدِيرٌ: see 1, in most of its senses. ― -b2- He meditated, considered, or exercised thought in arranging and preparing, a thing or an affair; (T, K, * El-Basáïr;) either making use of his reason, and building thereon; the doing of which is praiseworthy; or according to his desire or appetite; as in the Kur, lxxiv. 18 and 19; the doing of which is blameable; (ElBasáïr;) or by means of marks, whereby to cut it. (T.) ― -b3- He intended a thing or an affair; he determined upon it. (T.) [Said of God, He decreed, appointed, ordained, destined, predestined, or predetermined a thing.] ― -b4- [Hence, app., قدّر كَذَا, in grammar, He meant, or held, or made, such a thing to be supplied, or understood. You say تَقْدِيرُهُ كَذَا Its (a phrase's) implied, or virtual, meaning, or meaning by implication, is thus. And يُقَدَّرُ بِكَذَا Its implied meaning is to be expressed by saying thus. And تَقْدِيرًا is said in the sense of implicatively, or virtually, as opposed to لَفْظًا or literally. ― -b5- And He supposed such a thing. ] ― -b6- He made; syn. جَعَلَ and صَنَعَ. Ex., in the Kur, [xli. 9,] وَقَدَّرَ فِيهَا أَقْوَاتَهَا And He made therein its foods, or aliments. And it is said in the Kur, [x. 5,] وَقَدَّرَهُ مَنَازِلَ And hath made for it [the moon] mansions. (TA.) ― -b7- He knew. So in the Kur, xv. 60; and lxxiii. 20, according to the Basáïr. (TA.) -A2- قدّرهُ, inf. n. تَقْدِيرٌ, He asserted him to be, or named him, or called him, a قَدَرِىّ: (Fr, Sgh, K:) but this is post-classical. (TA.) -A3- قدّرهُ, (Msb,) or ↓ اقدرهُ, (K,) [the latter of which is the more common,] He empowered him; enabled him; rendered him able. (Msb, K.) You say اقدرهُ ا@للّٰهُ عَلَى كَذَا God empowered him, enabled him, or rendered him able, to do such a thing. (K, * TA.)