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مَلَك

malakun

an Angel

ফেরেশতা

Root letters: م ل كAppears 88 times in the Qur'an#122 most frequentNoun (ism)Masculine (mudhakkar)
Learn it in lesson 13

About this word

Noun (ism)Masculine (mudhakkar)Root letters: م ل ك

Singular & plural — as used in the Qur'an

  • Singular (mufrad)مَلَكًۭا13 times
  • Dual (muthannā)مَلَكَيْنِ2 times
  • Plural (jamʿ)مَلَـٰٓئِكَةًۭ73 times

Forms in the Qur'an

  • ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُthe Angelsl-malāikatu · 20 times
  • وَٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُand the Angelswal-malāikatu · 10 times
  • لِلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِto the angelslil'malāikati · 9 times
  • ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةَthe Angelsl-malāikata · 9 times
  • ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِthe angelsl-malāikati · 8 times
  • وَٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِand the Angelswal-malāikati · 4 times

Words from the same root

More words from the root م ل ك — know one root, recognise many words.

Examples from the Qur'an

So the angels prostrated - all of them entirely,

Surah 15:30 — Read full ayah

And your Lord has come and the angels, rank upon rank,

Surah 89:22 — Read full ayah

Or did We create the angels as females while they were witnesses?"

Surah 37:150 — Read full ayah