Al-Ikhlash

Sincerity

Surah 112 · Meccan · 4 ayahs

الإخلاص

بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

  1. قُلۡ هُوَ ٱللَّهُ أَحَدٌ ١

    Qul huwallāhu aḥad.

    Say, "He is Allāh, [who is] One,1

    Footnotes (1)
    1. 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.
  2. ٱللَّهُ ٱلصَّمَدُ ٢

    Allāhuṣ-ṣamad.

    Allāh, the Eternal Refuge.1

    Footnotes (1)
    1. 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.
  3. لَمۡ يَلِدۡ وَلَمۡ يُولَدۡ ٣

    Lam yalid wa lam yūlad.

    He neither begets nor is born,

  4. وَلَمۡ يَكُن لَّهُۥ كُفُوًا أَحَدُۢ ٤

    Wa lam yakul lahū kufuwan aḥad.

    Nor is there to Him any equivalent."