Mizan Al-Haqq
/miːˈzɑːn æl ˈhɑːk/noun
An Arabic phrase meaning “the balance of truth,” also used as the title of a nineteenth-century Christian apologetic work.
Did you know?The phrase became famous in English-language religious history through Karl Gottlieb Pfander’s 1835 apologetic work Mizan-ul-Haqq, translated as The Balance of Truth.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Semitic
Proto-Semitic
*w-z-n
“A reconstructed root associated with weighing and weight.”
Classical Arabic
Arabic
wazana
“To weigh or measure.”
Classical Arabic
Arabic
mīzān
“A balance, scale, or standard of measurement.”
Classical Arabic
Arabic
al-ḥaqq
“The truth, the right, or that which is real and just.”
19th Century
Arabic/Persianate usage
Mīzān al-Ḥaqq
““The Balance of Truth,” used as the title of Pfander’s religious treatise.”
Modern English
English
Mizan al-Haqq
“A transliterated Arabic title or phrase meaning “the balance of truth.””