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112. Al-Ikhlaas

Sincerity · Meccan · 4 verses

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

Bismi Allāhi ar-raḥmāni ar-raḥīm

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

112:1

قُلْ هُوَ ٱللَّهُ أَحَدٌ ﴿١﴾

Qul huwa Allāhu aḥad

Say: He is Allah, the One!

112:2

ٱللَّهُ ٱلصَّمَدُ ﴿٢﴾

Allāhu aṣ-ṣamad

Allah, the eternally Besought of all!

112:3

لَمْ يَلِدْ وَلَمْ يُولَدْ ﴿٣﴾

Lam yalid walam yūlad

He begetteth not nor was begotten.

112:4

وَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُۥ كُفُوًا أَحَدٌۢ ﴿٤﴾

Walam yakun lahu kufuwan aḥad

And there is none comparable unto Him.

Arabic: the Uthmani text of the Tanzil Project, used unchanged under CC BY 3.0. Quran text © Tanzil Project - check tanzil.net/updates for changes.

Transliteration: made by Anoor from the Tanzil text, each word as it is said on its own - in recitation the words run together.

Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), in the public domain.

Plain English: written by Anoor from Tafsir al-Jalalayn (al-Mahalli and al-Suyuti), one of the most widely read classical commentaries. It is a simple explanation, not a scholarly commentary - for a ruling or a deeper reading, ask a scholar. Something wrong? Tell us.