Allah’s Attribute: الْحَقُّ (al-Ḥaqq)

Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD Here are the Quranic verses where الْحَقُّ (al-Ḥaqq) is explicitly used as a name or attribute of Allah, emphasizing His absolute reality, sovereignty, and truth: 1. Surah Al-Ḥajj (22:6) ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّ اللَّهَ هُوَ الْحَقُّ“That is because Allah is the Ultimate Truth.”Context: Affirms Allah’s power over life, death,…

March 29, 2025

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Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD

Here are the Quranic verses where الْحَقُّ (al-Ḥaqq) is explicitly used as a name or attribute of Allah, emphasizing His absolute reality, sovereignty, and truth:

1. Surah Al-Ḥajj (22:6)

ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّ اللَّهَ هُوَ الْحَقُّ
“That is because Allah is the Ultimate Truth.”
Context: Affirms Allah’s power over life, death, and resurrection.

2. Surah Al-Ḥajj (22:62)

ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّ اللَّهَ هُوَ الْحَقُّ
“That is because Allah is the Ultimate Truth.”
Context: Contrasts Allah’s eternal truth with the falsehood of idols.

3. Surah Luqmān (31:30)

ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّ اللَّهَ هُوَ الْحَقُّ
“That is because Allah is the Ultimate Truth.”
Context: Highlights Allah’s supremacy over all false deities.

4. Surah Ṭā-Hā (20:114)

فَتَعَالَى اللَّهُ الْمَلِكُ الْحَقُّ
“So high is Allah, the Sovereign, the Truth.”
Context: A call to seek knowledge and acknowledge Allah’s perfection.

5. Surah Al-Muʾminūn (23:116)

فَتَعَالَى اللَّهُ الْمَلِكُ الْحَقُّ
“So exalted is Allah, the True King.”
Context: Rejects the idea of creation being futile and affirms divine purpose.

6. Surah Al-Mujādilah (58:6)

ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُ هُوَ الْحَقُّ
“That is because He is the Truth.”
Context: Warns of the Day of Resurrection and Allah’s omniscience.

7. Surah Al-Kahf (18:44)

هُنَالِكَ الْوَلَايَةُ لِلَّهِ الْحَقِّ
“There, authority belongs to Allah, the True One.”
Context: A parable about worldly power versus divine sovereignty.

8. Surah Yūnus (10:32)

فَذَٰلِكُمُ اللَّهُ رَبُّكُمُ الْحَقُّ
“That is Allah, your Lord, the Truth.”
Context: Rejects falsehood and calls to worship the One True God.

Key Themes:

Allah as Ultimate Reality: الْحَقُّ negates all illusions, emphasizing His unchanging, absolute truth.
Contrast with Falsehood: Idols, materialism, and human delusions are بَاطِل (falsehood) compared to Allah’s eternal truth.
Sovereignty and Kingship: الْحَقُّ is often paired with الْمَلِكُ (The King) to assert divine authority.

Conclusion

These verses anchor Islamic theology in the concept of الْحَقُّ—Allah as the singular, unchanging Reality. As Ibn Taymiyyah wrote: “Allah is al-Ḥaqq in His essence, attributes, and actions; everything besides Him is contingent upon His will.” This term encapsulates the Quranic worldview: truth emanates from Allah alone, and all existence depends on Him.

Meditating on this attribute and these verses is likely to open doorway to other theological, philosophical and scientific truths.