Haqq
/ħaq/noun
An Arabic term meaning truth, reality, justice, or a rightful claim, especially in Islamic theology and law.
Did you know?Al-Ḥaqq, meaning “The Truth” or “The Real,” is one of the traditional 99 names of God in Islam.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Semitic
Proto-Semitic
*ḥ-q-q
“A reconstructed Semitic root associated with being true, established, or made firm”
Classical Arabic
Arabic
ḥaqq
“Truth, reality, certainty, justice, or something genuinely owed”
7th Century
Quranic Arabic
al-ḥaqq
“The Truth or The Real; also that which is rightfully due”
Medieval Islamic scholarship
Arabic
ḥaqīqah
“Inner reality, essential truth, or the deeper meaning of a thing”
19th–20th Century
English
haqq
“A transliterated Arabic term used in English writing on Islam, Sufism, theology, and law”
Modern English
English
haqq
“Truth, ultimate reality, divine reality, or a rightful claim”