In the Quran, how many angels are appointed over Hell?

In the Quran, nineteen angels are appointed over Hell.

The number appears in Quran 74:30, in the passage traditionally known as Surat al-Muddaththir. The following verse says that the stated number serves as a test for disbelievers and reassurance for believers, while emphasizing that God alone fully knows the forces of Hell.

Islamic tradition commonly identifies these guardians with the Zabaniyah, angels responsible for guarding and punishing the inhabitants of Hell. The Quran does not provide a detailed roster of nineteen individual names. Later Islamic interpretations often describe Malik as the chief guardian, but Malik is not presented as a list of all nineteen.

Readers sometimes confuse this figure with other numbers associated with Hell in Islamic tradition. Seven, for example, is connected with the traditional number of gates of Hell, not the number of its principal angelic guardians. Some later commentaries also discuss whether nineteen refers to chief guardians or a larger angelic force under their command, but the Quranic number in the verse is nineteen.