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al-Ḥaqq

The Real or the Truth: one of the names of God, much used by the Sufis.

Also: al-Haqq, the Real

Sufism and Islamic thought

Al-Ḥaqq, the Real, the True, is among the ninety-nine names of God. Sufis use it to speak of God as the only true reality, beside whom creatures exist only by borrowed being. Ibn ʿArabī contrasts al-Ḥaqq with al-khalq, creation.