الْحَقِّthe Truth

Example sentences

• وَلَا مُنْعِمٌ بَعْدَ الْحَقِّ تَعَالَىٰ عَلَى الْعَبْدِ كَالْوَالِدَيْنِ،

  And there is no one who bestows favors on a person after the Truth, the Exalted, like the two parents.

  الْحَقِّ — the Truth. This is a divine title carrying al- 'the', and as the object of 'after' it sits in the genitive form. The definiteness marks it as the well-known epithet, not a common noun. Its case is governed by the 'after' before it.

  From: Honoring Parents →

• وَقَالَ تَعَالَى وَالَّذِينَ لَا يَدْعُونَ مَعَ اللهِ إِلَهًا آخَرَ وَلَا يَقْتُلُونَ النَّفْسَ الَّتِي حَرَّمَ اللهُ إِلَّا بِالْحَقِّ وَلَا يَزْنُونَ

  And the Exalted said: And those who do not call upon any other god with Allah, and do not take the life which Allah has forbidden except for a just cause, and do not commit adultery.

  بِالْحَقِّ — by the truth. The preposition bi- 'with/by' on a noun with al- 'the', definite - 'by the right/just cause', the lawful ground that the 'except' allows. The bi- governs the noun into the genitive ('of') form and marks the legitimate basis for taking a life. So it names the sole permitted justification.

  From: The Gravity of Murder →