The Real · The True

Reality itself, set against all that vanishes.

The tongue

From ḥ-q-q; ḥaqq (حَقّ) is at once truth (against the false), reality (against illusion), and right (against the unjust).

The reason

All that is not He has only a borrowed being; at every instant He alone is, and makes be.

The Sufi meaning

Al-Ḥaqq is the most spoken Name of the Sufis. Anā-l-Ḥaqq (أَنَا الْحَقّ); Yā Ḥaqq — not because they identify themselves with God, but because all the rest suddenly appears to them as less real than He.

The servant's portion

Seek the Real beneath the appearance; do not lie, and do not accept the lie within yourself.