Al-Haqq
Al-Haqq is the Absolute Truth — the One whose existence is real in a way nothing else's is, and whose word does not fail.
Name 51 of 99
الْحَقُّ
Al-Haqq
The Absolute Truth
- In Arabic
- الْحَقُّ
- Transliteration
- Al-Haqq
- Position in the list
- Name 51 of 99
Al-Haqq — The Absolute Truth
What the name means
Haqq in Arabic is what is established and does not pass away, the opposite of batil — the void, the thing that dissolves when examined. Allah is al-Haqq because His being is underived: everything else exists on loan.
The Quran states the contrast as the whole argument: that is because Allah is al-Haqq, and what they call upon besides Him is falsehood.
Living by this name
It gives a test for what deserves a life. Whatever ends is not the thing to spend a life on, and the Quran repeatedly measures the world against this name.
Its response is truthfulness — the Prophet ﷺ tied truthfulness to righteousness and righteousness to Paradise. See also Al-Hakam and Al-Baqi.
Al-Haqq in the Quran
The 4 verses below contain this name. Every reference is checked against the Arabic text of the Quran before it is published, so Al-Haqq really is in each verse it is cited from.
ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ ٱلْحَقُّ وَأَنَّهُۥ يُحْىِ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ وَأَنَّهُۥ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍۢ قَدِيرٌۭ
That is because Allah is the Truth and because He gives life to the dead and because He is over all things competent
Surah Al-Hajj 22:6Read the full surah →ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ ٱلْحَقُّ وَأَنَّ مَا يَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِهِۦ هُوَ ٱلْبَٰطِلُ وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ ٱلْعَلِىُّ ٱلْكَبِيرُ
That is because Allah is the Truth, and that which they call upon other than Him is falsehood, and because Allah is the Most High, the Grand.
Surah Al-Hajj 22:62Read the full surah →يَوْمَئِذٍۢ يُوَفِّيهِمُ ٱللَّهُ دِينَهُمُ ٱلْحَقَّ وَيَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ ٱلْحَقُّ ٱلْمُبِينُ
That Day, Allah will pay them in full their deserved recompense, and they will know that it is Allah who is the perfect in justice.
Surah An-Nur 24:25Read the full surah →ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ ٱلْحَقُّ وَأَنَّ مَا يَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِهِ ٱلْبَٰطِلُ وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ ٱلْعَلِىُّ ٱلْكَبِيرُ
That is because Allah is the Truth, and that what they call upon other than Him is falsehood, and because Allah is the Most High, the Grand.
Surah Luqman 31:30Read the full surah →
How reliable is the list of ninety-nine?
That Allah has ninety-nine names is established in Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim, and both are agreed upon. The specific enumeration — this list of ninety-nine — comes from a narration in Jami' at-Tirmidhi that at-Tirmidhi himself called gharib, and which many hadith scholars grade weak; several held that a narrator compiled the names by searching the Quran and Sunnah. Classical scholars including al-Khattabi, Ibn Hazm, al-Qurtubi and al-Ghazali compiled lists of their own that differ from it. None of this touches the names themselves, every one of which is established elsewhere; it means the count of exactly these ninety-nine is a scholarly arrangement rather than a revealed roster, and Allah's names are not limited to them.
Questions about Al-Haqq
Al-Haqq (الْحَقُّ) means "The Absolute Truth". Like every one of the ninety-nine names, it describes an attribute of Allah rather than serving as a label — the names are how the Quran teaches who Allah is.
Yes. This page cites 4 verses containing Al-Haqq, each checked against the Arabic text before publishing.
Address Allah with "Ya" before the name — "Ya Haqq" — and ask for what that attribute gives. The Quran instructs it directly: "To Allah belong the most beautiful names, so call upon Him by them" (7:180).
It is number 51 in the well-known list. The order comes from the narration of at-Tirmidhi and is a scholarly arrangement, so numbering can differ slightly between printed lists — the names themselves do not.