Malik al-Mulk
مَالِكُ الْمُلْك
The Owner of All Sovereignty
What it means
Mālik al-Mulk owns every domain: political, natural, cosmic, spiritual. He grants worldly kingdoms to whom He wills and strips them from whom He wills — and no earthly authority ever changed hands without His decree.
Qur'anic evidence
This name appears explicitly in the following ayahs:
Sources for this entry
The Arabic name and its enumeration follow the traditional list in Sunan al-Tirmidhī (§3507). The concise explanation reflects the consensus classical understanding taught in Al-Ghazālī's Al-Maqṣad al-Asnā and Ibn Kathīr's tafsīr. Qur'anic references are locations where the name appears in the Mushaf.
Contemplate Malik al-Mulk with SABR
Learning the names of Allah alongside memorising His words is one of the highest forms of study. SABR pairs one name per day with your memorisation session.