Majesty and praise
Al-Malik / Al-Mālik ٱلْمَلِك
The King, the Owner: sole possessor of authority, most plainly on the Day no one else holds any.
33 āyāt · 21 sūrahs · root م ل ك
Why Allah uses this name
Al-Ṭabarī records both readings — stressing possession, Malik stressing sovereign command — as authentic and complementary; where it appears, all rival authority is being dismissed.
Take this with you
The one you truly answer to is named. Everything else is borrowed authority.
Ibn Kathīr: on that Day no one will claim anything nor speak except by His permission — 'Whose is the kingdom this Day? Allah's, the One, the Irresistible' (40:16).
Ibn Kathīr, Tafsīr al-Qurʾān al-ʿAẓīm, on 1:4
Where it appears in the Qur'an
Counted from the muṣḥaf text as served by the Quran.com API. A few occurrences describe someone other than Allah; read the āyah in place to see which.
2. Sūrat Al-Baqarah البقرة
3 āyahs
āyah 247, 251, 258
3. Sūrat Āl ʿImrān آل عمران
1 āyah
āyah 26
4. Sūrat An-Nisāʾ النساء
2 āyahs
āyah 53, 54
6. Sūrat Al-Anʿām الأنعام
1 āyah
āyah 73
12. Sūrat Yūsuf يوسف
7 āyahs
āyah 31, 43, 50, 54, 72, 76, 101
17. Sūrat Al-Isrāʾ الإسراء
2 āyahs
āyah 95, 111
20. Sūrat Ṭā Hā طه
1 āyah
āyah 114
22. Sūrat Al-Ḥajj الحج
1 āyah
āyah 56
23. Sūrat Al-Muʾminūn المؤمنون
1 āyah
āyah 116
25. Sūrat Al-Furqān الفرقان
2 āyahs
āyah 2, 26
35. Sūrat Fāṭir فاطر
1 āyah
āyah 13
39. Sūrat Az-Zumar الزمر
1 āyah
āyah 6
40. Sūrat Ghāfir غافر
2 āyahs
āyah 16, 29
59. Sūrat Al-Ḥashr الحشر
1 āyah
āyah 23
62. Sūrat Al-Jumuʿah الجمعة
1 āyah
āyah 1
64. Sūrat At-Taghābun التغابن
1 āyah
āyah 1
67. Sūrat Al-Mulk الملك
1 āyah
āyah 1
69. Sūrat Al-Ḥāqqah الحاقة
1 āyah
āyah 17
76. Sūrat Al-Insān الإنسان
1 āyah
āyah 20
89. Sūrat Al-Fajr الفجر
1 āyah
āyah 22
114. Sūrat An-Nās الناس
1 āyah
āyah 2
Names it closes āyāt with
The Qur'an often seals an āyah with two names together. These are the pairings this name appears in most.
Names close to this one
Al-Quddūs ٱلْقُدُّوس
The Most Holy: free of every defect, and above anything creation attributes to Him.
As-Salām ٱلسَّلَام
The Source of Peace: free from all deficiency, and the giver of safety to His creation.
Al-Mutakabbir ٱلْمُتَكَبِّر
The Supreme in greatness — greatness that belongs to Him alone and to no creature.
Al-ʿAẓīm ٱلْعَظِيم
The Magnificent: greatness beyond measure or comparison.
Al-ʿAlī / Al-Aʿlā ٱلْعَلِىّ
The Most High: exalted in essence, in power and in rank above all creation.
Al-Kabīr / Al-Mutaʿāl ٱلْكَبِير
The Most Great, above whom nothing is greater and beside whom nothing is large.
Al-Jalīl ٱلْجَلِيل
The Majestic: possessor of every attribute of greatness and honour.
Al-Majīd ٱلْمَجِيد
The All-Glorious: vast in honour, greatness and generosity together.