Discover the meaning of the term Al-ḥqyqa (حقيقة) in Islamic vocabulary.
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Updated on 11 April 2026 at 1:05 AM
📖 3 min readA name by which is intended what it was coined for; it is a fa'ila-form adjective from 'haqqa al-shay'' (it was established), in the sense of the active participle, that is, 'haqqiq'; the ta in it is for transferring from adjectival to nominal, as in 'al-'alamat' (the sign), not for femininity. In technical usage: the word employed for what it was coined for in the usage of interlocutors, whereby one guards against the metaphor, which is employed for what it was coined for in a usage other than that of interlocution; like salah (prayer), if the interlocutor employs it by the custom of the Sharia for supplication: it is then metaphorical, since supplication is not
Every expression that remains upon its coinage; it is said: what people agreed upon for mutual address.
It is the thing established with certainty and conviction; one says 'haqqa al-shay'' when it becomes established; it is a name for the thing settled in its place; when used unrestrictedly, what is meant is the essence of the thing which the coiner of the language coined it for originally, as the name 'asad' (lion) for the beast; it is what settles in its own place, and metaphor is what settles in a place other than its own.
It is the removal of real impurity.
A name for that which is intended by it of what it was coined for; in technical usage: it is a word employed for what it was coined for; the ta in it is for transferring from adjectival to nominal, as in 'al-'alamat', not for femininity.
It is the expression employed for what it was coined for in the usage of interlocution.
The witnessing of Lordship (rububiyya).
A name for what is intended by it of what it was coined for; a fa'ila-form adjective of 'haqqa al-shay'' when it becomes established, in the sense of the active participle, that is, 'haqqiq'; the ta in it is for transferring from adjectival to nominal, as in 'al-'alamat', not for femininity.
It is a name for what is intended by it of what it was coined for, or every expression that remains upon its coinage.
The opposite of metaphor. : It is the thing established with certainty and conviction. : Of a thing: its utmost limit.
: Its root, that which contains it. : In technical usage: the word employed for what it was coined for in interlocution (al-Jurjani).