Al-Khaliq
Al-Khaliq is the Creator — the One who brings things into being from nothing, by measure and without a prior model.
Name 11 of 99
الْخَالِقُ
Al-Khaliq
The Creator
- In Arabic
- الْخَالِقُ
- Transliteration
- Al-Khaliq
- Position in the list
- Name 11 of 99
Al-Khaliq — The Creator
What the name means
Khalq in Arabic carries both origination and proportioning. To create is not only to make something exist but to give it exact measure. The Quran says He created everything and determined it with precise determination.
It is the first of three names that appear together — Creator, Originator, Fashioner — describing one act in three stages: to decree, to bring forth, to shape.
Living by this name
Nothing a person makes is creation in this sense; every craft rearranges what already exists. The name marks the line between the Maker and everything made.
Its practical fruit is contentment with how you were made, and reverence for what you did not make. See also Al-Bari' and Al-Musawwir.
Al-Khaliq in the Quran
The 3 verses below contain this name. Every reference is checked against the Arabic text of the Quran before it is published, so Al-Khaliq really is in each verse it is cited from.
هُوَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْخَٰلِقُ ٱلْبَارِئُ ٱلْمُصَوِّرُ ۖ لَهُ ٱلْأَسْمَآءُ ٱلْحُسْنَىٰ ۚ يُسَبِّحُ لَهُۥ مَا فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۖ وَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْحَكِيمُ
He is Allah, the Creator, the Inventor, the Fashioner; to Him belong the best names. Whatever is in the heavens and earth is exalting Him. And He is the Exalted in Might, the Wise.
Surah Al-Hashr 59:24Read the full surah →ذَٰلِكُمُ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّكُمْ ۖ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ۖ خَٰلِقُ كُلِّ شَىْءٍۢ فَٱعْبُدُوهُ ۚ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍۢ وَكِيلٌۭ
That is Allah, your Lord; there is no deity except Him, the Creator of all things, so worship Him. And He is Disposer of all things.
Surah Al-Anam 6:102Read the full surah →ٱللَّهُ خَٰلِقُ كُلِّ شَىْءٍۢ ۖ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍۢ وَكِيلٌۭ
Allah is the Creator of all things, and He is, over all things, Disposer of affairs.
Surah Az-Zumar 39:62Read the full surah →
How reliable is the list of ninety-nine?
That Allah has ninety-nine names is established in Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim, and both are agreed upon. The specific enumeration — this list of ninety-nine — comes from a narration in Jami' at-Tirmidhi that at-Tirmidhi himself called gharib, and which many hadith scholars grade weak; several held that a narrator compiled the names by searching the Quran and Sunnah. Classical scholars including al-Khattabi, Ibn Hazm, al-Qurtubi and al-Ghazali compiled lists of their own that differ from it. None of this touches the names themselves, every one of which is established elsewhere; it means the count of exactly these ninety-nine is a scholarly arrangement rather than a revealed roster, and Allah's names are not limited to them.
Questions about Al-Khaliq
Al-Khaliq (الْخَالِقُ) means "The Creator". Like every one of the ninety-nine names, it describes an attribute of Allah rather than serving as a label — the names are how the Quran teaches who Allah is.
Yes. This page cites 3 verses containing Al-Khaliq, each checked against the Arabic text before publishing.
Address Allah with "Ya" before the name — "Ya Khaliq" — and ask for what that attribute gives. The Quran instructs it directly: "To Allah belong the most beautiful names, so call upon Him by them" (7:180).
It is number 11 in the well-known list. The order comes from the narration of at-Tirmidhi and is a scholarly arrangement, so numbering can differ slightly between printed lists — the names themselves do not.