قُلْ هُوَ ٱللَّهُ أَحَدٌ
Say, "He is Allāh, [who is] One,
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
قُلْ هُوَ ٱللَّهُ أَحَدٌ
Say, "He is Allāh, [who is] One,
ٱللَّهُ ٱلصَّمَدُ
Allāh, the Eternal Refuge.
لَمْ يَلِدْ وَلَمْ يُولَدْ
He neither begets nor is born,
وَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُۥ كُفُوًا أَحَدٌۢ
Nor is there to Him any equivalent."
Al-Ikhlas is the Quran's definition of God in four verses: Say, He is Allah, the One; Allah, the Eternal Refuge; He neither begets nor is born; nor is there to Him any equivalent. It answers every distortion of monotheism ever made, which is why it is called 'Sincerity' — pure, undiluted tawhid.
Al-Ikhlas (الإخلاص) means "The Sincerity" in English. It is chapter 112 of the Holy Quran.
Surah Al-Ikhlas has 4 verses (ayat). It appears on pages 604 to 604 of the mushaf.
Surah Al-Ikhlas is a Makki surah, revealed in Makkah before the Prophet's ﷺ migration to Madinah.
Al-Ikhlas is the Quran's definition of God in four verses: Say, He is Allah, the One; Allah, the Eternal Refuge; He neither begets nor is born; nor is there to Him any equivalent. It answers every distortion of monotheism ever made, which is why it is called 'Sincerity' — pure, undiluted tawhid.
The Prophet ﷺ said that Qul huwa Allahu ahad is equal to one third of the Quran (Sahih al-Bukhari). He also told of a man who loved to recite it in every prayer, and said: 'Your love of it will admit you to Paradise' (Sahih al-Bukhari).