Tahqiq
/taħˈqiːq/noun
A rigorous scholarly verification, critical edition, or investigation of an Islamic or Arabic text.
Did you know?In Islamic manuscript scholarship, a muḥaqqiq—literally, one who establishes truth—compares handwritten witnesses to reconstruct the most reliable text.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Semitic
Proto-Semitic
*ḥ-q-q
“A root associated with being true, firm, established, or genuine.”
Classical Arabic
Arabic
ḥaqq
“Truth, right, reality, or something established as valid.”
Classical Arabic
Arabic
ḥaqqaqa
“To verify, authenticate, establish as true, or investigate thoroughly.”
Classical Arabic
Arabic
taḥqīq
“Verification, authentication, establishing truth, or rigorous investigation; the verbal noun of ḥaqqaqa.”
20th Century–Modern English
English
tahqiq
“A scholarly method of editing and verifying Arabic or Islamic texts, especially through comparison of manuscripts.”