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In [[Islam]]ic belief, '''Maalik''' ({{lang-ar|مالك}} / ''mālik'') denotes an [[Angels in Islam|angel]] in [[Hell in Islam|Hell]]/[[Purgatory in Islam|Purgatory]] ({{lang-ar|جهنم}} / ''[[jahannam]]'') who [[Prison warden|administrates]] the [[Samum (Islam)|Hellfire]], assisted by 19 mysterious [[Prison officer|guards]] (Sura 74:30) known as [[Zabaniyya]] (''az-zabānīya''; {{lang-ar| الزبانية}}). In the [[Qur'an]], Maalik is mentioned in [[Sura]] {{cite quran|43|77|s=ns|b=n}} as the chief of angels of hell. However the Qur'an itself does neither explain nor specifically describe the origin, purpose or character of Maalik, but Islamic traditions expands the depictions with extra-quranic narratives. Actually the earliest codices offer various alternative spellings of this word including ''malak'' meaning "angel", instead of a proper name.<ref>Christian Lange ''Paradise and Hell in Islamic Traditions'' Cambridge University Press 2015 {{ISBN|978-1-316-41205-3}} page 53</ref>