حَقٌّ
Root: حق
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حَقٌّ
contr. of
بَاطِلٌ [used as a subst. and as an epithet or act. part. n.]: or, as an Verbal.Noun [and used as a simple subst.], contr. of
بُطْلَانٌ; and as an act. part. n., and a simple epithet, contr. of
بَاطِلٌ. [As a subst.,] its primary signification is Suitableness to the requirements of wisdom, justice, right, or rightness, truth, reality, or fact; or to the exigencies of the case; as the suitableness of the foot of a door in respect of its socket, for turning round rightly: [and particularly] the suitableness of a judgment, and of what involves, or implies, a judgment, [i. e., of a saying, and a religion, and a persuasion, or the like, ] to reality or fact; and the suitableness of reality or fact to a judgment: [the state, or quality, or property, of being just, proper, right, correct, or true; justness, propriety, rightness, correctness, or truth; reality, or fact; the state, &c., of being established, or confirmed, as a truth or fact; of being necessary, requisite, or unavoidable; of being binding, obligatory, incumbent, or due: ] and existence in relation to substances, absolutely: and everlasting existence [in relation to God]: pl. حُقُوقٌ and حِقَاقٌ: it has no pl. of pauc. As an act. part. n. and a simple epithet, it is applied to a judgment [as meaning] suitable to reality or fact; and to a saying, and a religion, and a persuasion, considered as involving, or implying, such a judgment: to that which is suitable to the requirements of wisdom, justice, right, or rightness; as when one says that every act of God is حَقّ: to a belief, in a thing, suitable to the reality of the case; as when one says that belief in the resurrection is حَقّ: and to an action, and a saying, accordant to what is requisite or obligatory, in quality and measure and time; as when one says that the action of another is حَقّ, and that his saying is حَقّ: [thus it signifies just, proper, right, correct, or true; authentic, genuine, sound,
2 [From the primary and general signification, explained in the first sentence of this paragraph, are deduced several particular meanings here following.]
3 Equity, or justice.
4 [The right mode, or manner, of acting or being.]
5 Veracity in discourse.
6 Prudence.
7 [A right, or due, of any kind: a just claim: a desert, or thing deserved: anything that is owed; as a fee, hire, or pay, and a price: a duty; an obligation:] the sing. of حُقُوقٌ. [You say, هٰذَا حَقِّى This is my right, or due, &c. And هٰذَا حَقٌّ لِى This is a right, or due, belonging to me; or a thing due, or owed, to me: or this is a duty to me. And هٰذَا حَقٌّ عَلَىَّ This is a right, or due, the rendering of which is binding, obligatory, or incumbent, on me: or this is my duty. And hence, حَقُّ الطَّرِيقِ The duty that relates to the road: see art. طرق.]
8 A share, or portion; as in the saying, أَعْطِ كُلَّ ذِى حَقٍّ حَقَّهُ Give thou to every one to whom belongs a share, or portion, his share, or portion, that is appointed, or assigned, to him.
9 Property: a possession.
10 [An appertenance. Hence the pl.] حُقُوقٌ signifies The مَرَافِق [or appertenances, or conveniences, such as the privy and the kitchen and the like,] of a house.
11 [A necessary, or requisite, thing.]
12 A thing, or an event, that is decreed, or destined. It is said to have this meaning in the Kur [xv. 8], in the words, مَا نُنَزِّلُ المَلَائِكَةَ إِلَّا بِالحَقِّ [We send not down the angels save with that which is decreed, or destined]: or, as some say, it means here revelation: or punishment.
13 [And hence,] Death. So accord. to some in the Kur [1. 18], where it is said, وَ جَآءَتْ سَكْرَةُ المَوْتِ بِالحَقِّ [And the confusion of the intellect by reason of the agony of death shall come with death: but other and obvious meanings are assigned to it in this instance].
14 [As an epithet,] الحَقُّ is one of the names of God: or one of the epithets applied to Him: meaning the Really-existing; whose existence and divinity are proved to be true: or the Creator according to the requirements of wisdom, justice, right, or rightness.
15 It is also applied to The Kur-án.
16 And to [The religion of] El-Islám.
def.2 See also حَقِيقٌ, in two places.
def.3 And see حَاقٌّ, in two places.
2 [From the primary and general signification, explained in the first sentence of this paragraph, are deduced several particular meanings here following.]
3 Equity, or justice.
4 [The right mode, or manner, of acting or being.]
5 Veracity in discourse.
6 Prudence.
7 [A right, or due, of any kind: a just claim: a desert, or thing deserved: anything that is owed; as a fee, hire, or pay, and a price: a duty; an obligation:] the sing. of حُقُوقٌ. [You say, هٰذَا حَقِّى This is my right, or due, &c. And هٰذَا حَقٌّ لِى This is a right, or due, belonging to me; or a thing due, or owed, to me: or this is a duty to me. And هٰذَا حَقٌّ عَلَىَّ This is a right, or due, the rendering of which is binding, obligatory, or incumbent, on me: or this is my duty. And hence, حَقُّ الطَّرِيقِ The duty that relates to the road: see art. طرق.]
8 A share, or portion; as in the saying, أَعْطِ كُلَّ ذِى حَقٍّ حَقَّهُ Give thou to every one to whom belongs a share, or portion, his share, or portion, that is appointed, or assigned, to him.
9 Property: a possession.
10 [An appertenance. Hence the pl.] حُقُوقٌ signifies The مَرَافِق [or appertenances, or conveniences, such as the privy and the kitchen and the like,] of a house.
11 [A necessary, or requisite, thing.]
12 A thing, or an event, that is decreed, or destined. It is said to have this meaning in the Kur [xv. 8], in the words, مَا نُنَزِّلُ المَلَائِكَةَ إِلَّا بِالحَقِّ [We send not down the angels save with that which is decreed, or destined]: or, as some say, it means here revelation: or punishment.
13 [And hence,] Death. So accord. to some in the Kur [1. 18], where it is said, وَ جَآءَتْ سَكْرَةُ المَوْتِ بِالحَقِّ [And the confusion of the intellect by reason of the agony of death shall come with death: but other and obvious meanings are assigned to it in this instance].
14 [As an epithet,] الحَقُّ is one of the names of God: or one of the epithets applied to Him: meaning the Really-existing; whose existence and divinity are proved to be true: or the Creator according to the requirements of wisdom, justice, right, or rightness.
15 It is also applied to The Kur-án.
16 And to [The religion of] El-Islám.
def.2 See also حَقِيقٌ, in two places.
def.3 And see حَاقٌّ, in two places.
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