The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 5) — Page 573
PT. 30 CH. 112 0 سُورَةُ الْإِخْلَاصِ مَكْتَه ۱۱۲ بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ قُلْ هُوَ اللهُ اَحَدُن اللهُ الصَّمَدُة (AL-IKHLĀṢ) 1. "In the name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful. 2. Say, 'He is Allah, the "One and only; 4867 3. Allah, the Independent and Besought of all. 4868 4867. Commentary: "See 1:1. 16:23; 22:35; 59:23. The word (say) here embodies a permanent command to all Muslims to keep proclaiming "God is One. " (He) used as and meaning, "the truth is," signifies that the truth is embedded in human nature that God is and that He is One هو and Alone. a is the distinctive name used for the Supreme Being in the Quran. In the Arabic language the word is never used for any other thing or being. It is a personal name of God, neither attributive nor descriptive. See also 1:1. (the One) is an epithet applied to God alone and signifies, the One; the Sole; He Who has been and will ever be One and Alone; Who has no second to share in His Lordship, nor in His Essence (Lane). According to Aqrab the difference between and, when used about God is that whereas signifies Oneness of God in His Person, the idea of a second being inconceivable, , signifies uniqueness of God in His attributes. 3469 Commentary: In view of the above-mentioned signification of and the expression would signify that God is that Supreme Being Who is the Source and Fountainhead from Whom all creation has emanated; and would mean that Allah is that Being Who is One and Alone in the sense that when we think of Him, the very idea that there is any other being or thing is absent from our minds. He is One and Alone in every sense. He is neither the starting link of any chain, nor its last link. Nothing is like Him nor is He like anything else. This is Allah as conceived and presented by the Quran. 4868. Important Words: Independent and Besought of) الصمد all) is substantive noun from p i. e. he betook صمد الله فى الحوائج They say himself or had recourse to Allah in needs and exigencies. das (samad) means, a person to whom one betakes oneself in one's needs. as means, a chief to whom recourse is had; a lord to whom obedience is rendered; without whom no affair is