Al Muntaqim
The Avenger
Al Muntaqim is name #81 of the 99 names of Allah (الأَسْمَاءُ الْحُسْنَى). In the hadith tradition, the Prophet ﷺ said: "Allah has ninety-nine names, one hundred minus one, and whoever believes in their meanings and acts accordingly, will enter Paradise." (Sahih al-Bukhari 7392)
This name does not appear in the Quran in its exact noun form; the verses below use related concepts — verbal forms, divine actions, or attributes that classical scholars (al-Ghazali, Ibn al-Qayyim, al-Jalalayn) grouped under this name.
Do they have feet by which they walk? Or do they have hands by which they strike? Or do they have eyes by which they see? Or do they have ears by which they hear? Say, [O Muhammad], "Call your 'partners' and then conspire against me and give me no respite
And when you strike, you strike as tyrants
And when he wanted to strike the one who was an enemy to both of them, he said, "O Moses, do you intend to kill me as you killed someone yesterday? You only want to be a tyrant in the land and do not want to be of the amenders
And We destroyed greater than them in [striking] power, and the example of the former peoples has preceded
The Day We will strike with the greatest assault, indeed, We will take retribution
And how many a generation before them did We destroy who were greater than them in [striking] power and had explored throughout the lands. Is there any place of escape
And he had already warned them of Our assault, but they disputed the warning
Indeed, the vengeance of your Lord is severe