Abdul Haq

Abdul Haq (Arabic: عبد الحق ‎) is a Muslim male given name, and in modern usage, surname. It is built from the Arabic words Abd, al- and Haqq. The name means "servant of the Truth", Al-Haqq being one of the names of God in the Qur'an, which give rise to the Muslim theophoric names.^[1][2]

The letter a of the al- is unstressed, and can be transliterated by almost any vowel, often by e. So the first part can appear as Abdel, Abdul or Abd-al. The second part may appear as Haq, Haqq, Haque, Hak or in other ways. The whole name is subject to variable spacing and hyphenation.

It may refer to:

People

• Abd al-Haqq I (died 1217), Marinid sheikh (Morocco)
  • Uthman ibn Abd al-Haqq (died 1240), son of Abd al-Haqq I
  • Muhammad ibn Abd Al-Haqq (died 1244), son of Abd al-Haqq I
  • Abu Yahya ibn Abd al-Haqq (died 1258), son of Abd al-Haqq I
  • Abu Yusuf Yaqub ibn Abd Al-Haqq (died 1286), son of Abd al-Haqq I
• Abu Mohammed Abd el-Hakh Ibn Sabin (1217–1269), Spanish Sufi philosopher
• Abdul-Haqq Dehlavi (1551–1642), Indian scholar
• Abdülhak Hâmid Tarhan (1851–1937), Turkish playwright and poet
• Maulvi Abdul Haq (Urdu scholar) (1872–1961), Pakistani Urdu-language scholar
• Abdülhak Adnan Adıvar (1882–1955), Turkish politician
• Miangul Abdul-Haqq Jahan Zeb, or just Miangul Jahan Zeb (1908–1987), ruler of Swat (Pakistan)
• Mehr Abdul Haq (1915–1995), Pakistani linguist
• Abdul Haq Ansari (born 1931), Indian religious scholar
• Shaher Abdulhak (born ca. 1938), Yemeni businessman
• Abd al Haqq Kielan (born 1941), Swedish imam
• Muhammad Abdul Haque (born 1954), Bangladeshi politician
• Abdul Haq (Afghan leader) (1958–2001), Afghan leader against both the communists and the Taliban
• Abdelhak Achik (born 1959), Moroccan featherweight boxer (1988 Olympics)
• Huda bin Abdul Haq (1960–2008), Indonesian executed for terrorism
• Abdelhak Benchikha (born 1963), Algerian football manager
• Mohamed Abdelhak Achik, or just Mohammed Achik (born 1965), Moroccan bantamweight boxer (1992 Olympics)
• Abdul Haq (ETIP) (1971–2010), Uighur-Chinese alleged terrorist
• Abdul Haq Wasiq (born ca. 1971), Afghan held in Guantanamo
• Mohammed Abdelhak Zakaria (born 1974), Moroccan-Bahraini runner
• Abdul-Haq, Muslim name of Anthony Small (born 1981), British boxer
• Abdelhaq Ait Laarif (born 1983), Moroccan footballer
• Abdelhak Boutasgount (born 1986), French footballer
• Abdul Haq Bin Seidu Osman, or just Abdul Osman (born 1987), Ghanaian-English footballer
• Abdul Haq Shafaq, Afghan politician
• Abdelhak Layada, Algerian Islamic militant

References

1. Salahuddin Ahmed (1999). A Dictionary of Muslim Names. London: Hurst & Company.
2. S. A. Rahman (2001). A Dictionary of Muslim Names. New Delhi: Goodword Books.