Haqq is a surname of

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origin commonly found in

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but also in other parts of the

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Etymology

Haqq originates from the

word for truth or reality. It is commonly used as a suffix of a personal name.

Al-Haqq Haqq ( ar, ''ḥaqq'') is the Arabic word for truth. In Islamic contexts, it is also interpreted as right and reality. Al-Haqq, 'the truth, is one of the names of God in the Qur'an. It is often used to refer to God as the Ultimate Reality i ...

(The Ultimate Reality) is one of the

Names of God in Islam Names of God in Islam ( ar, أَسْمَاءُ ٱللَّٰهِ ٱلْحُسْنَىٰ , "''Allah's Beautiful Names''") are names attributed to God in Islam by Muslims. While some names are only in the Quran, and others are only in the hadith, th ...

, and used in the second half of a compound name, commonly succeeding Abd or Abdul to make

Abdul Haq ʻAbd al-Ḥaqq (ALA-LC romanization of ar, عبد الحقّ) is an Arabic male given name, and in modern usage, surname. It is built from the Arabic words '' ʻabd'' and ''al-Ḥaqq'', one of the names of God in the Qur'an, which give rise to the ...

. This specific compound name, means "servant of the Truth", and gives rise to the Muslim theophoric names.

Notables with the surname

Haq

Zia ul Haq General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq HI, GCSJ, ร.ม.ภ, (Urdu: ; 12 August 1924 – 17 August 1988) was a Pakistani four-star general and politician who became the sixth President of Pakistan following a coup and declaration of martial law in ...

(1924–1988) Former President of Pakistan and Former Army chief of Pakistan * Aaminah Haq (born 1972), Pakistani model *

Ameerah Haq Ameerah Haq is a Bangladeshi technocrat who served as United Nations Under-Secretary-General for the Department of Field Support, the highest-ranking Bangladeshi official at the United Nations, from April 2012 until her resignation in July 2014. ...

, Bangladeshi diplomat *

Fazle Haq Lieutenant General Fazle Haq (Pashto/ Urdu language: فضل حق; (10 September 1928 – 3 October 1991)), was a high-ranking general in the Pakistan Army, and the former martial law administrator (MLA) of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakis ...

(1928–1991), Pakistani general and governor of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province *

Gad al-Haq Gad al-Haq Ali Gad al-Haq also spelled Jadd al-Haqq ( ar, جاد الحق علي جاد الحق) (5 April 1917 – 15 March 1996) was Grand Imam of Al-Azhar from 1982 to 1996. Tim Winterbr>OBITUARY: Sheikh Gad al-Haq Ali Gad al-Haq ''The Indepe ...

(1917–1996), Grand Imam of Al-Azhar *

Gary Haq Gary Haq is a human ecologist, author and Research Associate at thStockholm Environment Instituteat the University of York. He is an expert in transport and environment, climate change, carbon footprint, behavioural change, carbon and urban air p ...

, British human ecologist *

Inzamam-ul-Haq Inzamam-ul-Haq SI ( ur, ; born 3 March 1970), also known as Inzi, is a former Pakistan cricketer and captain of Pakistan national cricket team. He was also professional cricket coach for Pakistan. He was the leading run scorer for Pakistan i ...

(born 1970), Pakistani cricketer *

Iram Haq Iram Haq (born January 1, 1976) is a Norwegian-Pakistani actress, screenwriter and Film director, director, best known for her feature film, ''I Am Yours (film), I Am Yours'' and ''What Will People Say''. Early life Haq, a Norwegian-Pakistani, ...

(born 1976), Pakistani-Norwegian actress and filmmaker * Kiran Haq (born 1988), Pakistani actress and model *

Mahbub ul Haq Mahbub ul Haq ( ur, ; ) was a Pakistani economist, international development theorist, and politician who served as the Minister of Finance of Pakistan from 10 April 1985 to 28 January 1986, and again from June to December 1988 as a caretak ...

(1934–1998), Pakistani economist *

Mansurul Haq Admiral Mansurul Haq ( ur, ; 16 October 1937 – 21 February 2018) was a senior officer of the Pakistan Navy who was forcibly retired from his service in 1997 on the allegations leveled against him in the corruption and kickbacks resultin ...

(1937–2018), Pakistani former admiral *

Mehr Abdul Haq Mehr Abdul Haq (Urdu:; , Layyah, British India – Multan, Pakistan) was a philologist from Pakistan. After completing his education he joined education department where he worked on different posts. He retired in 1970. He got his PhD degree fr ...

(1915–1995), Pakistani linguist *

Misbah-ul-Haq ; born 28 May 1974) is a former Pakistani cricket coach and former international cricketer. Misbah captained Pakistan in all formats and is former head coach and former chief selector of the Pakistan national team. A late bloomer, Misbah was a midd ...

(born 1974), Pakistani cricketer *

Naeem Haq Naeem Haque is a Pakistani male model, actor, CEO, gymnast and interior architect. Early life The grandson of film producer Agha Ghulam Mohammad, active in the 50s and 60s, Naeem Haque has studied at Saint Martin's School of Art in London, and a ...

, Pakistani model and actor *

Nawaz Haq Nawaz Haq ( ur, ; born 10 September 1981) Is a Pakistani track and field athlete. He won a silver medal in the 400 metre hurdles event of the 11th South Asian Federation (SAF) Games in Dhaka in February 2010. He represented his country in that e ...

(born 1981), Pakistani athlete *

Nomanul Haq Syed Nomanul Haq (Nu'man al-Haqq) ( ur, ; born February 15, 1948 in Karachi, Pakistan) is a Pakistani scholar and historian specialised in the fields of Islamic history and Islamic philosophy. He is currently a visiting distinguished professor ...

, Pakistani-American historian *

Qazi Imdadul Haq Qazi Imdadul Haq (1882–1926) was a Bengali writer. Teaching Haq joined the Calcutta Madrasa (now Aliah University) as a temporary teacher in 1904. In 1906, he worked briefly in the Education Department in Shillong, Assam. The next year he jo ...

(1882–1926), Bengali writer *

Sami-ul-Haq Sami ul Haq ( ur, , ''Samī'u’l-Ḥaq''; 18 December 1937 – 2 November 2018) was a Pakistani religious scholar and senator. He was known as the ''Father of Taliban'' for the role his seminary Darul Uloom Haqqania played in the graduation ...

(1937–2018), Pakistani religious scholar *

Shakeel Haq Yousuf Kamal (born 29 May 1938), better known as Shakeel Yousuf, is a Pakistani actor best known for his roles in PTV drama serial Uncle Urfi (1972), as 'Mehboob Ahmed' in PTV's Aangan Terha (1984) and as ''Taimoor Ahmad'' in Ankahi (1982). H ...

(born 1990), Hong Kong cricketer *

Shameemul Haq Shameemul Haq is an Indian politician and a member of the 16th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh of India. He represents the Moradabad Rural constituency of Uttar Pradesh and is a member of the Samajwadi Party. Early life and education S ...

(born 1955), Indian politician *

Ubaidul Haq Ubaidul Haq ( bn, উবায়দুল হক; 2 May 1928- 6 October 2007), also spelt Obaidul Haq ( bn, ওবাইবদুল হক), was a Bangladeshi teacher, muhaddith, mufassir and writer. He was the former khatib of the national mo ...

, former

khatib In Islam, a khatib, khateeb or hatib ( ar, خطيب ''khaṭīb'') is a person who delivers the sermon (''khuṭbah'') (literally "narration"), during the Friday prayer and Eid prayers. The ''khateeb'' is usually the prayer leader ('' imam''), ...

Baitul Mukarram Baitul Mukarram, also spelled as Baytul Mukarrom ( ar, بيت المكرّم, bn, বায়তুল মোকাররম; ), is the National Mosque of Bangladesh. Located at the center of Dhaka, capital of Bangladesh, the mosque was comple ...

* Waheedul Haq (1933–2007), Bangladeshi writer and journalist * Wahidul Haq (1933–2020), Bangladeshi politician

Haque

Adil Ahmad Haque Adil Ahmad Haque (born 1979/1980) is a professor of law and Judge Jon O. Newman Scholar at Rutgers University. His scholarship focuses on the international law of armed conflict and the philosophy of international law. His first book, Law and Morali ...

, international law scholar *

Ariful Haque Choudhury Ariful Haque Choudhury ( bn, আরিফুল হক চৌধুরী) is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and the current mayor of Sylhet. Choudhury is also an executive member of Bangladesh Nationalist Party. In 2003, he was electe ...

, Mayor of

Sylhet Sylhet ( bn, সিলেট) is a metropolitan city in northeastern Bangladesh. It is the administrative seat of the Sylhet Division. Located on the north bank of the Surma River at the eastern tip of Bengal, Sylhet has a subtropical climate an ...

Art Malik Athar ul-Haque Malik (born 13 November 1952), known professionally as Art Malik, is a Pakistani-born British actor who achieved international fame in the 1980s through his starring and subsidiary roles in assorted British and Merchant Ivory tel ...

(né Athar ul-Haque Malik, British actor, born 1952) *

Azizul Haque (educator) Sir Muhammad Azizul Haque, KCSI, CIE (27 November 1892 – 23 March 1947), also known as Muhammad Azizul Huq or Mohammad Azizul Huque, was a Bengali lawyer, writer and public servant. He studied at Presidency College and University Law Colleg ...

(1892–1947, Bengali advocate and diplomat) *

Enamul Haque Inam-ul-Haq ( ar, إنعام الحـــق ), meaning ''Gift of the Truth'', is a masculine Islamic given name.). Notable bearers of the name include; Cricketers * Inam-ul-Haq (Lahore cricketer) (born 1943), Pakistani cricketer *Enamul Haque ( ...

, former cricketer for Bangladesh *

Enamul Haque Jr Enamul Haque ( bn, এনামুল হক; born 5 December 1986) known as Enamul Haque Jr to distinguish him from Enamul Haque, who also played for Bangladesh, but was not related to him, is a Bangladeshi cricketer. He currently plays for ...

, cricketer for

Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...

Enamul Haque Mostafa Shahid Enamul Haque Mostafa Shahid (28 March 1938 – 25 February 2016) was a Bangladeshi politician and Minister of Social Welfare of the Government of Bangladesh. He was awarded Ekushey Padak in 2013. Career Shahid was elected parliament member fo ...

, former Bangladeshi Minister of Social Welfare *

Fareed Haque Fareed Haque is an American jazz guitarist, based in Chicago, Illinois. Education Haque was born in Chicago in 1963. His father was from Pakistan, his mother was from Chile. When he was a child, Haque traveled with his parents all over the worl ...

(musician, born 1963 to Pakistani father and Chilean mother) * Intisar-ul-Haque (1935–1996, Pakistani philosopher) * Mohammad Asrarul Haque (born 1942, Indian politician) *

Muhammad Nurul Haque Muhammad Nurul Haque was a Bangladeshi cultural activist, social worker, and a writer. Career Haque started his own magazine, ''Abhizan'', while still studying at Sylhet Government Aliya Madrasah. He was the founding Secretary of Sylhet Kendriya ...

, Bengali cultural activist, social worker and writer *

Md.Mozammel Haque Mohammad Mozammel Huq (1860–1933) was an Indian Bengali-language poet, novelist, magistrate and educationist. His writings were said to have been inspired by a "Muslim renaissance". Early life and education Mohammad Mozammel Huq was born in ...

(1860–1933, Bengali poet and novelist) * Rashida Haque Choudhury, former Bangladeshi Minister of State of Social Welfare *

Sheikh Fazlul Haque Mani Sheikh Fazlul Haque Mani (4 December 1939 – 15 August 1975) was a Bangladeshi politician. He was the nephew of the founding father of Bangladesh Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, and founded the Mujib Bahini (Bangladesh Liberation Force-BLF) one of the ma ...

(1939–1975) *

Syed Shamsul Haque Syed Shamsul Haq (27 December 1935 – 27 September 2016) was a Bangladeshi writer. He was awarded Bangla Academy Literary Award in 1966 (the youngest among all to receive it), Ekushey Padak in 1984 and Independence Day Award in 2000 by the Gove ...

(1935–2016, Bangladeshi poet and writer) * Tafazzul Haque Habiganji (1938–2020), former vice-president of Hefazat-e-Islam and

Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam ( ur, جمیعت علماءِ اسلام, abbreviated as JUI) was founded by Shabbir Ahmad Usmani as an offshoot of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind (JUH) on 26 October 1945. History The original Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind was formed in Bri ...

Zulkiflee Anwar Haque Zulkiflee SM Anwar Ulhaque (born 15 May 1962), better known by his pen name Zunar, is a political cartoonist. In 2015 he faced up to 43 years in prison for criticising the Malaysian government in a number of posts on Twitter and was charged un ...

(Malaysian cartoonist, born 1962)

Hoque

* Aminul Hoque,

goalkeeper In many team sports which involve scoring goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or intercepting o ...

for Bangladeshi football club

Muktijoddha Sangsad KS Muktijoddha Sangsad KC ( bn, মুক্তিযোদ্ধা সংসদ ক্রীড়া চক্র) is a Bangladeshi professional football club based in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The club is nicknamed The Freedom Fighters. It competes i ...

* Aminul Hoque

MBE Mbe may refer to: * Mbé, a town in the Republic of the Congo * Mbe Mountains Community Forest, in Nigeria * Mbe language, a language of Nigeria * Mbe' language, language of Cameroon * ''mbe'', ISO 639 code for the extinct Molala language Molal ...

, British-Bangladeshi writer and lecturer at

Goldsmiths, University of London Goldsmiths, University of London, officially the Goldsmiths' College, is a constituent research university of the University of London in England. It was originally founded in 1891 as The Goldsmiths' Technical and Recreative Institute by the Wor ...

Anisul Hoque Anisul Hoque (born 4 March 1965) is a Bangladeshi author, screenwriter, novelist, dramatist and journalist. He won Bangla Academy Literary Award in 2011. His most popular work is his non-fiction novel ''Maa'' (mother). He is also the editor of K ...

, Bangladeshi writer * Ehsan Hoque, American-Bengali doctor *

Farzana Hoque Fargana Hoque ( bn, ফারজানা হক) (born 19 March 1993) is a Bangladeshi cricketer who plays for the Bangladesh cricket team as a right-handed batter. Early life Hoque was born in Gaibandha, Bangladesh. Career Hoque was a memb ...

, Bangladeshi cricketer *

Kazi Shamsul Hoque ''Akhon Samoy'' ( bn, এখন সময়) is a Bengali-language newspaper published from New York, United States since 2000. History The newspaper was founded on 1 January 2000, commemorating the 3rd millennium. Initially it was a monthly n ...

, Bangladeshi journalist * Mazibul Hoque, Bangladeshi politician *

Moinul Hoque Choudhury Moinul Hoque Choudhury (13 May 1923 – 13 February 1976) was an Indian politician from Assam. A five-time MLA; he was the Minister of Commerce and Industrial Development during Indira Gandhi regime in 1971. He is also known as the Industrial Refo ...

, five-time MLA, two-time

UN General Assembly The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA or GA; french: link=no, Assemblée générale, AG) is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations (UN), serving as the main deliberative, policymaking, and representative organ of the UN. Curr ...

representative and Indian Minister of Industrial Development * Najrul Hoque, Indian-Bengali politician *

Rabiul Hoque Rabiul Hoque (born 1 January 1983) is a Bangladeshi-born international cricket umpire based in the United Arab Emirates. He was born in Chittagong, Bangladesh, and emigrated to the UAE in 2005.Amith Passela (24 February 2016)"UAE umpire Rabiul H ...

, Bangladeshi cricketer * Saiful Hoque, Bangladeshi politician *

Zohurul Hoque Zohurul Hoque ( bn, জহূরুল হক; 11 October 1926 – 18 January 2017) was an Indian Islamic scholar and doctor known for his translations of the Qur'an into the Bengali, Assamese and English languages. He later moved to Muscat in ...

, Bengali Islamic scholar *

Zubair Hoque Zubair Hoque ( bn, জুবায়ের হক; born 18 July 1996) is an English racing driver. He is the only British Asian in single-seat formula racing. Career 2008–2011 (TMR Development Race Team) Supported and encouraged by his fa ...

, British-Bangladeshi racer

Huq

Abul Kasem Fazlul Huq Abul Kasem Fazlul Huq ( bn, আবুল কাশেম ফজলুল হক, ur, ; 26October 1873 — 27 April 1962), popularly known as Sher-e-Bangla (''Lion of Bengal''), was a British Indian and Pakistani lawyer and writer who present ...

(1873–1962), Bengali statesman in the first half of the 20th century *

Konnie Huq Kanak Asha "Konnie" Huq (; born 17 July 1975) is a British television and radio presenter, screenwriter and children's author. She became the longest-serving female presenter of the British children's television programme ''Blue Peter'', prese ...

, British television presenter * Nasreen Pervin Huq (1958–2006), Bangladeshi women's activist and campaigner for women's rights and social justice *

Nazmul Huq Major Nazmul Huq (11 August 1938 — 27 September 1971) was the first sector commander of the 7th sector in the Bangladesh Liberation War. He is also called "The Lost Sector Commander" of Bangladesh Liberation War. Life Huq was born in Amirab ...

(1938–1971), Bangladeshi commander *

Nurul Huq Bhuiyan Nurul Haque Bhuiyan was a Bengali activist. Career Bhuiyan was a professor of Department of Chemistry and Applied Chemistry at the University of Dhaka during 1946–1994. He was a senior leader of the Tamaddun Majlish The Tamaddun Majlish ( bn ...

, Bengali professor and politician *

Rupa Huq Rupa Asha Huq ( bn, রাবেয়া "রূপা" আশা হক; born 2 April 1972) is a British Independent MP, columnist and academic. Elected as the Labour Member of Parliament (MP) for Ealing Central and Acton at the 2015 general ...

, British politician and sister of Konnie *

Muhammad Shamsul Huq Muhammad Shamsul Huq ( bn, মুহাম্মদ শামসুল হক; 12 October 1912 – 23 February 2006) was a Bangladeshi academic and minister. He served as an education minister in erstwhile East Pakistan, and became the Minister of ...

(1912–2006), Bangladeshi academic and former Minister of Foreign Affairs *

Shamsul Huq Shamsul Huq (1918–1965) was a Bengali politician who led a parliamentary committee in the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan to advocate for the recognition of the Bengali language during the Language movement of the 1950s. He was also the firs ...

, Bengali politician

References

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Etymology

Notables with the surname

Haq

Haque

Hoque

Huq

See also

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