بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
Al-Ikhlas 112:2
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ٱللَّهُ ٱلصَّمَدُ ٢
Allāh, the Eternal Refuge.1
1 translator’s note
- He who is absolute, perfect, complete, essential, self-sufficient and sufficient to meet the needs of all creation; the one eternally and constantly required and sought, depended upon by all existence and to whom all matters will ultimately return. ↩
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Verse [ 112:2] اللَّهُ الصَّمَدُ (Allah is Besought of all, needing none) The word samad bears several literal senses. Therefore, the Qur'anic exegetical scholars have assigned different meanings to this verse. Tabarani, the leading authority on Prophetic Traditions, in his kitab-us-Sunnah, has collected all the interpretations of the Divine attribute As-samad and concluded that they are all authentic, and comprehend all the attributes of our Lord that have been assigned to Him, but originally it refers to 'the chief who has no superior and to whom the people turn for the fulfillment of their desires and needs; thus all people depend on him, but he does not depend on any one.' [ Ibn Kathir ].
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سورة الإخلاص
Al-Ikhlas
The Sincerity · Meccan · 4 ayahs
بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
112:1
قُلۡ هُوَ ٱللَّهُ أَحَدٌ ١
Say, "He is Allāh, [who is] One,1
1 translator’s note
- Alone, without another, indivisible with absolute and permanent unity and distinct from all else. The one and only true deity, unique in His essence, attributes and deeds. ↩
112:2
ٱللَّهُ ٱلصَّمَدُ ٢
Allāh, the Eternal Refuge.1
1 translator’s note
- He who is absolute, perfect, complete, essential, self-sufficient and sufficient to meet the needs of all creation; the one eternally and constantly required and sought, depended upon by all existence and to whom all matters will ultimately return. ↩
112:3
لَمۡ يَلِدۡ وَلَمۡ يُولَدۡ ٣
He neither begets nor is born,
112:4
وَلَمۡ يَكُن لَّهُۥ كُفُوًا أَحَدُۢ ٤
Nor is there to Him any equivalent."
سورة الفلق
Al-Falaq
The Daybreak · Meccan · 5 ayahs
بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
113:1
قُلۡ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ ٱلۡفَلَقِ ١
Say, "I seek refuge in the Lord of daybreak
113:2
مِن شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ ٢
From the evil of that which He created
113:3
وَمِن شَرِّ غَاسِقٍ إِذَا وَقَبَ ٣
And from the evil of darkness when it settles
113:4
وَمِن شَرِّ ٱلنَّفَّٰثَٰتِ فِي ٱلۡعُقَدِ ٤
And from the evil of the blowers in knots1
1 translator’s note
- i.e., those who practice magic. ↩
113:5
وَمِن شَرِّ حَاسِدٍ إِذَا حَسَدَ ٥
And from the evil of an envier when he envies."
سورة الناس
An-Nas
Mankind · Meccan · 6 ayahs
بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
114:1
قُلۡ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ ٱلنَّاسِ ١
Say, "I seek refuge in the Lord of mankind,
114:2
مَلِكِ ٱلنَّاسِ ٢
The Sovereign of mankind,
114:3
إِلَٰهِ ٱلنَّاسِ ٣
The God of mankind,
114:4
مِن شَرِّ ٱلۡوَسۡوَاسِ ٱلۡخَنَّاسِ ٤
From the evil of the retreating whisperer1 -
1 translator’s note
- i.e., a devil who makes evil suggestions to man but disappears when one remembers Allāh. ↩
114:5
ٱلَّذِي يُوَسۡوِسُ فِي صُدُورِ ٱلنَّاسِ ٥
Who whispers [evil] into the breasts of mankind -
114:6
مِنَ ٱلۡجِنَّةِ وَٱلنَّاسِ ٦
From among the jinn and mankind."1
1 translator’s note
- Evil prompters may be from men as well as from jinn. ↩