ٱللَّهُ ٱلصَّمَدُ ٢
Allāh, the Eternal Refuge.
Explanation: Al-Mukhtasar
He is the master to whom belongs all sovereignty and perfect, beautiful qualities. The one to whom all creation turn to.
الصَّمَدُ
As-Samad (الصمد): Meaning of Allah’s Name
As-Samad: The Perfect Lord and Master upon Whom the whole of creation depends
Recitation: Mahmoud Khalil Al-Hussary · 24 voices to choose from
Explanation of the name As-Samad
He is the One upon Whom the whole of creation relies upon in all of their needs, predicaments and necessities. This due to His unrestricted perfection with regards to His Essence, His Names, His Attributes and His Actions.
"Say: He is Allaah the One * Allaah the Self-Sufficient." (112:1-2)
The Exalted said:
“Say (O Muhammad): He is Allah, (the) One, Allah-us-Samad, Allah the Self-Sufficient Master, Whom all creatures need, (He neither eats nor drinks)”. (Al-Ikhlas: 1-2)
The Linguistic Meaning:
As-Samad: the Obeyed Master, the One Who is needed and none is above Him, the Sublime in everything.
God, the Exalted is As-Samad: “The Master Who is Complete in His Glory, the Honest Who is Complete in His Honor, the Great Who is Complete in His Greatness, the Forgiver Who is Complete in His Pardoning………. and He is the One Who is Complete in all types of honor and sublimity for He is God, all praise be to Him, Who has these attributes that none can have except Him”.
And He is resorted to by all creatures, humans and jinn, all of the universe resort to Him because of their needs and misfortunes, for He is Self-Sufficient to the degree that He neither eats nor drinks. He begets not, nor was He begotten, for He is perfectly Rich and Mighty.
The Granduer of As-Samad This Name is so grand that It indicates many attributes, all indicating vastness, abundance and ampleness.
The name in the Quran
This name occurs in 1 verse of 1 surah.
The name in the hadiths
Good (hasan)
Sunan Abu Dawud 4722
I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: He then mentioned a tradition like it. This version adds: When they propound that, say: "Say Allah is one. Allah is He to Whom men repair. He has not begotten and He has not been begotten, and no one is equal to Him." Then one should spit three times on his…
فَإِذَا قَالُوا ذَلِكَ فَقُولُوا { اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ * اللَّهُ الصَّمَدُ * لَمْ يَلِدْ وَلَمْ يُولَدْ * وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ كُفُوًا أَحَدٌ } ثُمَّ لْيَتْفُلْ عَنْ يَسَارِهِ ثَلاَثًا وَلْيَسْتَعِذْ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ "
Authentic
Sahih Muslim 812b
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) came out to us and said: I am going to recite before you one-third of the Qur'an. He (the Holy Prophet) then recited:" Say: He is Allah, One--Allah, the Eternal," to the end of the Surah.
أَقْرَأُ عَلَيْكُمْ ثُلُثَ الْقُرْآنِ " . فَقَرَأَ { قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ * اللَّهُ الصَّمَدُ} حَتَّى خَتَمَهَا .
Supplications with this name
- اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ يَا أَللَّهُ بِأَنَّكَ الْوَاحِدُ الْأَحَدُ الصَّمَدُ الَّذِي لَمْ يَلِدْ وَلَمْ يولَدْ، وَلَمْ يَكنْ لَهُ كُفُواً أَحَدٌ، أَنْ …Duas in salah
- اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ بِأَنَّي أَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ أَنْتَ اللَّهُ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ الْأَحَدُ الصَّمَدُ الَّذِي لَمْ يَلِدْ وَلَمْ يُولَدْ وَلَمْ …Duas in salah