Meaning
Power, might; also Nature as the manifestation of divine power.
How Iqbal uses it
Holds the great double sense of God's omnipotence and Nature itself. Iqbal's nature-poetry often reads the workings of qudrat as signs of the divine creative will.
See it in the verse
Qudrat in Iqbal’s couplets
Har ek chiz se paida khuda ki qudrat hai
Koi baDa koi chhoTa ye us ki hikmat hai
Koi baDa koi chhoTa ye us ki hikmat hai
Every single thing reveals the power of creation; that one is large and another small is part of its wisdom.
Humility · Self-Knowledge · Hope
Nahin hai chiz nikammi koi zamane mein
Koi bura nahin qudrat ke kar-khane mein
Koi bura nahin qudrat ke kar-khane mein
There is no worthless thing anywhere in the world; nothing is bad in the great workshop of nature.
Humility · Hope · Self-Knowledge