The Beautiful Names of Allah

The 99 Names · Names Most Often Paired in the Quran

Al-Haqq الحق

The Truth in His essence and attributes: His word is true, His actions are true, meeting Him is true, and His religion is the truth.

Explanation

A detailed explanation of this name (in Arabic) is in: Sharh Asma' Allah al-Husna fi Daw' al-Kitab wa al-Sunnah — Dr. Sa'eed ibn 'Ali ibn Wahf al-Qahtani — p. 180 ↗

Evidence

﴿يَوۡمَئِذࣲ يُوَفِّيهِمُ ٱللَّهُ دِينَهُمُ ٱلۡحَقَّ وَيَعۡلَمُونَ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ ٱلۡحَقُّ ٱلۡمُبِينُ ۝٢٥﴾
An-Nur 25

Call upon Allah by this name

“To Allah belong the Beautiful Names, so call upon Him by them” — Al-A'raf 180

From the Prophetic Sunnah

From the opening supplication of the night prayer

«ولك الحمد أنت الحق ووعدك الحق وقولك الحق ولقائك الحق والجنة حق والنار حق»

Sahih al-Bukhari (1120) and Sahih Muslim (769)

Grading: Agreed upon (al-Bukhari and Muslim)

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