Al-Jabbar
E929178
Al-Jabbar is one of the traditional Islamic Names of God, commonly understood to mean “The Compeller” or “The Restorer,” emphasizing God’s absolute power and ability to mend all things.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Al-Jabbar canonical | 2 |
| al-Jabbār | 1 |
| ٱلْجَبَّار | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11496821 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Al-Jabbar Context triple: [The Exile, listsDivineNames, Al-Jabbar]
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A.
Jahsh ibn Ri’ab
Jahsh ibn Ri’ab was an early Arab from the Quraysh tribe known primarily as the father of Zaynab bint Jahsh, a wife of the Prophet Muhammad.
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B.
Jaʿfar
Jaʿfar is a prominent Arabic male given name of Islamic origin, historically associated with notable early Muslim figures.
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C.
Al-Ghaffar
Al-Ghaffar is an Islamic divine name of God that emphasizes His attribute of repeatedly forgiving and covering the sins of His servants.
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D.
Abu Turab
Abu Turab is an honorific nickname of Ali ibn Abi Talib, the fourth caliph of Islam and cousin and son-in-law of the Prophet Muhammad.
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E.
Jalal
Jalal is the given name of Jalal Al-e-Ahmad, a prominent 20th-century Iranian writer, social critic, and intellectual.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Al-Jabbar Target entity description: Al-Jabbar is one of the traditional Islamic Names of God, commonly understood to mean “The Compeller” or “The Restorer,” emphasizing God’s absolute power and ability to mend all things.
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A.
Jahsh ibn Ri’ab
Jahsh ibn Ri’ab was an early Arab from the Quraysh tribe known primarily as the father of Zaynab bint Jahsh, a wife of the Prophet Muhammad.
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B.
Jaʿfar
Jaʿfar is a prominent Arabic male given name of Islamic origin, historically associated with notable early Muslim figures.
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C.
Al-Ghaffar
Al-Ghaffar is an Islamic divine name of God that emphasizes His attribute of repeatedly forgiving and covering the sins of His servants.
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D.
Abu Turab
Abu Turab is an honorific nickname of Ali ibn Abi Talib, the fourth caliph of Islam and cousin and son-in-law of the Prophet Muhammad.
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E.
Jalal
Jalal is the given name of Jalal Al-e-Ahmad, a prominent 20th-century Iranian writer, social critic, and intellectual.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Arabic theonym
ⓘ
Divine name ⓘ Name of God in Islam ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Qur’an 59:23 ⓘ |
| associatedConcept |
divine compulsion
ⓘ
divine healing ⓘ restoration of brokenness ⓘ upholding justice ⓘ |
| category |
Islamic devotional practice
ⓘ
Islamic theology ⓘ |
| contrastsWith | human weakness ⓘ |
| denotesAttribute |
God’s ability to restore and mend
ⓘ
God’s absolute power ⓘ God’s irresistible will ⓘ God’s majesty ⓘ
linked to:
Glory of God
God’s sovereignty ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
God’s authority over all affairs
ⓘ
God’s independence from creation ⓘ |
| epithetOf | Allah ⓘ |
| grammaticalForm | Arabic intensive form (fa‘‘āl pattern) ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| liturgicalUse |
used in formal supplications (du‘a)
ⓘ
used in personal prayers ⓘ |
| meaning |
The All-Compelling
ⓘ
linked to:
The Irresistible
The Compeller ⓘ The Irresistible ⓘ The One Who Mends ⓘ The Restorer ⓘ |
| partOf |
99 Names of Allah
ⓘ
linked to:
Al-Asma ul-Husna
Asma ul-Husna ⓘ
linked to:
Asma ul Husna
|
| recitationPractice | recited in litanies of the 99 Names ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| root | J-B-R ⓘ |
| rootMeaning |
to compel
ⓘ
to restore ⓘ to set a broken bone ⓘ |
| scripturalSource |
Qur’an
ⓘ
linked to:
Quran
|
| theologicalRole |
expresses God’s mercy in mending hearts
ⓘ
expresses God’s power to subdue oppressors ⓘ |
| transliteration |
al-Jabbār
ⓘ
linked to:
Al-Jabbar
|
| usedFor |
invocation in Islamic supplication
ⓘ
remembrance of God (dhikr) ⓘ |
| veneratedBy |
Shia Muslims
ⓘ
linked to:
Shia Islam
Sufi Muslims ⓘ Sunni Muslims ⓘ
linked to:
Sunni Islam
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How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Al-Jabbar Description of subject: Al-Jabbar is one of the traditional Islamic Names of God, commonly understood to mean “The Compeller” or “The Restorer,” emphasizing God’s absolute power and ability to mend all things.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.