Encyclopedia of Islam

Further reading: Wael B. Hallaq, The Origins and Evolu-

tion of Islamic Law (Cambridge: Cambridge University 

Press, 2005), 150—177; Nimrod Hurvitz, The Forma-

tion of Hanbalism: Piety into Power (London: Routledge 

Curzon, 2002); George Makdisi, “The Hanbali School 

and Sufism,” Huminora Islamica 2 (1974): 61–72.

haqiqa

 

(Arabic: truth, reality)

The term haqiqa is used in many contexts in Islam 

with a variety of significations. It is related to 

the word haqq (the true, the real), which is one 

of the names by which God is known. Haqiqa is 

thus often used in a more abstract way than haqq.

Unlike  haqq, which is mentioned many times in 

the q

Uran

, haqiqa does not appear in Islam’s holy 

book. Nevertheless, it has developed as an impor-

tant concept in Islamic 

philosophy

 and mysticism.

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