بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ قُلْ هُوَ ٱللَّهُ أَحَدٌ
Say: He is Allah, the One.
Pickthall (1930): Say: He is Allah, the One!
Quran · Surah 112 · 4 ayat
Surah Al-Ikhlas
Sincerity
ٱلْإِخْلَاص
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About this surah
Surah Al-Ikhlas ('Sincerity' or 'Pure Faith') has 4 ayat and is Meccan. In very few words it states the central belief of Islam, the oneness of Allah (tawhid): He is One, all depend on Him, He has no child and no parent, and nothing is like Him. A well-known hadith in Bukhari reports the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) saying that it is equal to a third of the Quran. Muslims recite it very often: in daily prayers, before sleeping together with the last two surahs, and as a short statement of their faith.
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ٱللَّهُ ٱلصَّمَدُ
Allah is the Eternal, the One on whom all depend.
Pickthall (1930): Allah, the eternally Besought of all!
لَمْ يَلِدْ وَلَمْ يُولَدْ
He has no child, and He was not born of anyone.
Pickthall (1930): He begetteth not nor was begotten.
وَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُۥ كُفُوًا أَحَدٌۢ
And there is none equal or comparable to Him.
Pickthall (1930): And there is none comparable unto Him.
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