Al-Fatiha · 1:4
مَالِكِ يَوْمِ الدّ۪ينِۜ
Master of the Day of Judgement
مَالِكِ
māliki
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- Meaning
- Master of
- Part of speech
- Active participle (اسم فاعل)
- Root
- م ل ك
- Root meaning
- The root ملك (mlk) primarily means to possess or own something, often with exclusive rights and the ability to exercise authority over it.
- Frequency
- Appears in 191 verses of the Qur'an
- Dictionary form
- مَالِك
- Derivation
- Active participle (ism fāʿil)
- Gender
- Masculine
- Number
- Singular
- Definiteness
- Definite (by construct)
- Role
- Adjective (na‘t) of ‘Allāh’ + possessed noun
- Governor
- follows ‘Allāh’
- Case
- Genitive (kasra)
- Grammar
- Genitive case; a further adjective of ‘Allāh’, and possessed (muḍāf) to ‘the Day’.