مَالِكُ الْمُلْكِ
Malik Al Mulk
The Eternal Possessor of Sovereignty
What does Malik Al Mulk mean?
Malik Al Mulk (مَالِكُ الْمُلْكِ) means “The Eternal Possessor of Sovereignty.” It is Name 84 in this collection of the 99 Names of Allah. The sections below explain the meaning, provide the available Quranic evidence and let you hear the Arabic pronunciation.
Meaning of Malik Al Mulk
The meaning of the name is The Eternal Possessor of Sovereignty.
How to pronounce Malik Al Mulk
The English transliteration is Malik Al Mulk. Use the audio control in the name card above to hear مَالِكُ الْمُلْكِ pronounced in Arabic before repeating it.
About the name Malik Al Mulk
Malikul-Mulk affects His will in His kingdom however He pleases, letting some live and others perish. The mulk in this context means the kingdom, and the Malik is the Omnipotent, the Most Powerful. All things in existence are included in His kingdom, so His is one kingdom because all things in it are somehow connected to one another. Although they may be regarded as many, they constitute one entity, one kingdom.
Malik Al Mulk in the Quran
قُلِ اللَّهُمَّ مَالِكَ الْمُلْكِ تُؤْتِي الْمُلْكَ مَنْ تَشَاءُ وَتَنْزِعُ الْمُلْكَ مِمَّنْ تَشَاءُ وَتُعِزُّ مَنْ تَشَاءُ وَتُذِلُّ مَنْ تَشَاءُ ۖ بِيَدِكَ الْخَيْرُ ۖ إِنَّكَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ Say, ‘O Allah, Master of all sovereignty! You give sovereignty to whomever You wish, and strip of sovereignty whomever You wish; You make mighty whomever You wish, and You degrade whomever You wish; all choice is in Your hand. Indeed You have power over all things.’ Aal-i-Imraan : 26 فَسُبْحَانَ الَّذِي بِيَدِهِ مَلَكُوتُ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ وَإِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ So immaculate is He in whose hand is the dominion of all things, and to whom you shall be brought back. Yaseen : 83 الْمُلْكُ يَوْمَئِذٍ الْحَقُّ لِلرَّحْمَٰنِ ۚ وَكَانَ يَوْمًا عَلَى الْكَافِرِينَ عَسِيرًا on that day true sovereignty will belong to the All-beneficent, and it will be a hard day for the faithless. Al-Furqaan : 26 يَوْمَ هُمْ بَارِزُونَ ۖ لَا يَخْفَىٰ عَلَى اللَّهِ مِنْهُمْ شَيْءٌ ۚ لِمَنِ الْمُلْكُ الْيَوْمَ ۖ لِلَّهِ الْوَاحِدِ الْقَهَّارِ The day when they will emerge [from their graves], nothing about them will be hidden from Allah. ‘To whom does the sovereignty belong today?’ ‘To Allah, the One, the All-paramount!’ Al-Ghaafir : 16 وَلِلَّهِ مُلْكُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ ۖ وَإِلَى اللَّهِ الْمَصِيرُ To Allah belongs the kingdom of the heavens and the earth, and toward Allah is the destination. An-Noor : 42