| # | Arabic |
|---|---|
| 1 | قُلْ هُوَ ٱللَّهُ أَحَدٌ |
| 2 | ٱللَّهُ ٱلصَّمَدُ |
| 3 | لَمْ يَلِدْ وَلَمْ يُولَدْ |
| 4 | وَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُۥ كُفُوًا أَحَدٌۢ |
| # | Translation |
|---|---|
| 1 | Say, ˹O Prophet,˺ “He is Allah—One ˹and Indivisible˺; |
| 2 | Allah—the Sustainer ˹needed by all˺. |
| 3 | He has never had offspring, nor was He born. |
| 4 | And there is none comparable to Him.” |
And of the surah in which Unity is mentioned, which is all Meccan and consists of 4 verses, 15 words
and 47 letters:
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
112:1 Say: He is Allah, the One!
112:2 Allah, the eternally Besought of all!
112:3 He begetteth not nor was begotten.
112:4 And there is none comparable unto Him.
And from his narration on the authority of Ibn ‘Abbas that he said regarding the interpretation of Allah’s
saying (Say: He is Allah, the One!): ‘(Say: He is Allah, the One!) the people of Quraysh asked the Prophet
(pbuh): “O Muhammad! Describe for us your Lord; is He made of gold or silver?” And so Allah revealed
this surah to describe His attributes and traits, saying: say to Quraysh, O Muhammad: He is Allah, the
One, He has no son or partner.
(Allah, the eternally Besought of all!) the Master whose glory is at its peak and for Whom all created be-
ings are in need; it is also said that (al-Samad) means: He Who does not eat or drink; it is also said that
this means: He Who does not have an interior; it is also said that this means: the Everlasting; and it is also
said this means: the Sufficient; and it is also said this means: He who does not have an entrance or exit.
And it is also said that al-Samad means: (He begetteth not nor was begotten) He says: He did not inherit
and will not be inherited; and it is also said this means: He does not have a son who will inherit His do-
minion and He was not begotten, which means that He did not inherit His dominion.
(And there is none comparable unto Him) He says: He does not have an opposite, peer, or equal nor any-
one who may resemble or begin to resemble Him; and it is also said this means: He does not have any
co-equal who would compete with Him about dominion and sovereignty’.
This surah has twenty different names, among which are: Surat al-Tawhid, Surat al-Tafrid, Surat al-Tajrid, Surat al-Wilayah, Surat
al-Samad, al-Mani‘ah, etc.