Al-Khaliq

This name in the Quran

Each ayah below was read in its context and confirmed by two independent reviews, on one question: does this word name Allah here. Where the two disagreed the ayah was dropped. Some of them carry the name as a verb or in another form rather than as the noun itself.

1. ذَٰلِكُمُ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّكُمۡۖ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَۖ خَٰلِقُ كُلِّ شَيۡءٖ فَٱعۡبُدُوهُۚ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيۡءٖ وَكِيلٞ ۝١٠٢

   That is Allāh, your Lord; there is no deity except Him, the Creator of all things, so worship Him. And He is Disposer of all things.

   6:102

2. قُلۡ مَن رَّبُّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ قُلِ ٱللَّهُۚ قُلۡ أَفَٱتَّخَذۡتُم مِّن دُونِهِۦٓ أَوۡلِيَآءَ لَا يَمۡلِكُونَ لِأَنفُسِهِمۡ نَفۡعٗا وَلَا ضَرّٗاۚ قُلۡ هَلۡ يَسۡتَوِي ٱلۡأَعۡمَىٰ وَٱلۡبَصِيرُ أَمۡ هَلۡ تَسۡتَوِي ٱلظُّلُمَٰتُ وَٱلنُّورُۗ أَمۡ جَعَلُواْ لِلَّهِ شُرَكَآءَ خَلَقُواْ كَخَلۡقِهِۦ فَتَشَٰبَهَ ٱلۡخَلۡقُ عَلَيۡهِمۡۚ قُلِ ٱللَّهُ خَٰلِقُ كُلِّ شَيۡءٖ وَهُوَ ٱلۡوَٰحِدُ ٱلۡقَهَّٰرُ ۝١٦

   Say, "Who is Lord of the heavens and earth?" Say, "Allāh." Say, "Have you then taken besides Him allies not possessing [even] for themselves any benefit or any harm?" Say, "Is the blind equivalent to the seeing? Or is darkness equivalent to light? Or have they attributed to Allāh partners who created like His creation so that the creation [of each] seemed similar to them?"⁶³⁵ Say, "Allāh is the Creator of all things, and He is the One, the Prevailing."⁶³⁶

   Translator notes (2)

   1. 635 The obvious conclusion is that the claimed partners, having no ability to create, cannot be compared to Allāh in any way.
   2. 636 Refer to footnotes in 12:39.
   13:16

3. ٱللَّهُ خَٰلِقُ كُلِّ شَيۡءٖۖ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيۡءٖ وَكِيلٞ ۝٦٢

   Allāh is the Creator of all things, and He is, over all things, Disposer of affairs.

   39:62

4. ذَٰلِكُمُ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّكُمۡ خَٰلِقُ كُلِّ شَيۡءٖ لَّآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَۖ فَأَنَّىٰ تُؤۡفَكُونَ ۝٦٢

   That is Allāh, your Lord, Creator of all things; there is no deity except Him, so how are you deluded?

   40:62

5. هُوَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلۡخَٰلِقُ ٱلۡبَارِئُ ٱلۡمُصَوِّرُۖ لَهُ ٱلۡأَسۡمَآءُ ٱلۡحُسۡنَىٰۚ يُسَبِّحُ لَهُۥ مَا فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۖ وَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلۡحَكِيمُ ۝٢٤

   He is Allāh, the Creator,¹⁶⁶⁶ the Producer,¹⁶⁶⁷ the Fashioner;¹⁶⁶⁸ to Him belong the best names.¹⁶⁶⁹ Whatever is in the heavens and earth is exalting Him. And He is the Exalted in Might, the Wise.¹⁶⁷⁰

   Translator notes (5)

   1. 1666 i.e., He who destined existence for His creation.
   2. 1667 i.e., He who brings His creation into existence.
   3. 1668 i.e., He who gives every creation its particular form.
   4. 1669 Refer to the final paragraphs of the "Introduction" for a brief discussion of these attributes.
   5. 1670 Refer to footnote in 6:18.
   59:24

About this name

Ayat containing this word

8

Quran text

Uthmanic Hafs text of the King Fahd Complex

Translation

Saheeh International

Al-Khaliq is name 11 of the 99. A plain search of the Arabic text finds this word form in 8 ayat. The 5 ayat listed above are a different measurement: what the app's reviewers accepted as naming Allah here, and some of them carry the name as a verb or in another form, so the two numbers need not match.

Names that stand next to it

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