At-Takwir 81:20 - Linguistic Miracle

Owner of power. With the owner of the throne, secure.

If the messenger is weak, someone could overpower him and snatch the message away from him. So Allah says he is powerful and strong. Allah calls him “owner of

power” rather than simply saying he is powerful. The use of the word ( ذي owner) is to say that he is characterized by power. It is one of his distinguishing qualities that

he possesses power that is extremely rare. On top of that, the word ( قوة power) is indefinite which adds further emphasis. A power that is great and massive in scale.

The Qurʾān calls him ذي قوة - Owner of might or power. This is literally what the name Gabriel means. In the Old Testament, he is called Gavri’el, which becomes Jibrīl or Jabrāʾīl in Arabic.

Gavri’el means the mighty one of God, Gavr in Hebrew means strength, which becomes Jabr in Arabic, also meaning strength. The Hebrew Gimel becomes Jīm in Arabic. Beth in Hebrew is the same as Ba in Arabic. Here, the beth lacks a dagesh and hence it is softened and pronounced as v rather than b. El means God. Hence, Gabriel means the mighty one of God in both Hebrew and Arabic. The Qurʾān literally translated his name in this passage by calling him owner of might/power.