Isme Azam

Allahu Samad — The Self-Sufficient Master (Surah Al-Ikhlas)

Surah Al-Ikhlas, 112:2

اللَّهُ الصَّمَدُ

Transliteration

Allahu-Samad.

English Meaning

Allah, the Eternal Refuge — the Self-Sufficient Master.

বাংলা অর্থ

আল্লাহ অমুখাপেক্ষী — সবাই তাঁর মুখাপেক্ষী।

allahu-samad-ikhlasismi-azamas-samadsurah ikhlasself-sufficiencyabsolute sovereignty

Significance & Context

The second verse of Surah Al-Ikhlas, identified in spiritual tradition as an independent Isme Azam. Surah Al-Ikhlas was revealed in response to polytheists demanding the Prophet ﷺ describe Allah's lineage — the answer was one of the most theologically comprehensive statements ever revealed. As-Samad: the absolutely impenetrable, self-sufficient reality on which all creation depends for every moment of existence, yet who requires nothing from creation. Regular recitation builds psychological invulnerability — attaching one's fragile existence to the only immovable reality in the cosmos.

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Anas ibn Malik (RA) — Supplication via Creation & Bestowal

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ بِأَنَّ لَكَ الْحَمْدَ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ الْمَنَّانُ بَدِيعُ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالأَرْضِ يَا ذَا الْجَلاَلِ وَالإِكْرَامِ يَا حَىُّ يَا قَيُّومُ

Allahumma inni as'aluka bi-anna lakal-hamd, la ilaha illa ant, al-mannanu badi'us-samawati wal-ard, ya dhal-jalali wal-ikram, ya hayyu ya qayyum.

O Allah, I ask You by virtue of all praise being Yours; there is no deity except You, the Bestower, the Originator of the heavens and the earth, O Lord of Majesty and Splendour, O Ever-Living, O Sustainer of existence.

Sunan Abi Dawud 1495, Sunan Ibn Majah 3858, Jami' at-Tirmidhi 3544

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Buraidah al-Aslami (RA) — Supplication via Absolute Unity

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ بِأَنِّي أَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ أَنْتَ اللَّهُ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ الأَحَدُ الصَّمَدُ الَّذِي لَمْ يَلِدْ وَلَمْ يُولَدْ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ كُفُوًا أَحَدٌ

Allahumma inni as'aluka bi anni ashhadu annaka antallah, la ilaha illa ant, al-ahadus-samad, alladhi lam yalid wa lam yulad, wa lam yakun lahu kufuwan ahad.

O Allah, I ask You by my testifying that You are Allah; there is no deity except You, the One, the Self-Sufficient, who did not beget, nor was begotten, and to Whom there is no equivalent.

Jami' at-Tirmidhi 3475, Sunan Abi Dawud 1493

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Al-Hayy Al-Qayyum — The Isme Azam Across Three Surahs

اللَّهُ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْحَيُّ الْقَيُّومُ

Allahu la ilaha illa Huwal-Hayyul-Qayyum.

Allah — there is no deity except Him, the Ever-Living, the Sustainer of all existence.

Quran: 2:255, 3:2, 20:111 via Sunan Ibn Majah 3856

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