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Malik


 

Malik is a word that means "king" in Arabic.

Supernatural

  • It is also one of the "99 Names of Allah", and is then al-Malik or The King in the absolute sense (denoted by the definite article), meaning the King of Kings, above all earthly rulers.
  • In Arabic mythology, Malik denotes a terrible angel who guards the muslim Hell, assisted by 19 sbires (zabaniya) or guardians. In the Qu'ran, sura 43, 77, Malik tells the wicked who appeal to him that they must remain in Hell forever because "they abhorred the truth when the truth was brought to them." The Hebrew sister-word melekh also denotes an angel-prince