There is a narration in Muslim, al-Tirmidhī and al-Nasā’ī: ‘Upon receiving the revelation of Sūrah al-Falaq and Sūrah al...
The Holy Qur’an
سورَةُ الْفَلَقِ مَدَنِيَّةٌ وَهِيَ سِتُّ آيَاتٍ مَعَ البَسْمَلَةِ Sūrah al-Falaq is of Medinan origin. Including bismillāh, it has six...
Commentators say that the verse: وَلَمۡ يَكُن لَّهُۥ كُفُوًا أَحَدُۢ (wa lam yakun lahū kufuwan aḥad) is placed here to reiterate and emphasise the...
وَلَمۡ يَكُن لَّهُۥ كُفُوًا أَحَد And He [Allah] has no partner (with respect to His attributes). Key Word Analysis كُفُوًا (Kufuwan) الْکُفُؤُ (al...
لَمۡ يَلِدۡ وَلَمۡ يُولَدۡ Allah begets not, nor is He begotten (4) Commentary In the first verse of Sūrah al-Ikhlāṣ, قُلۡ هُوَ ٱللَّهُ أَحَدٌ, the...
ٱللَّهُ ٱلصَّمَدُ[Allah al-Ṣamad] – Ṣamad refers to that Being Who does not depend on anything or anyone else, but all things are dependent...
للّٰهُ الصَّمَدُ Allah is the Being upon Whom everyone is dependent (but Who is not reliant on anyone) Key Word Analysis الصَّمَدُ: السَّيِّدُ...
Commentary of Qul Huwallāhu Aḥad As already explained in the commentary of Sūrah al-Lahab [the previous chapter], the Holy Qur’an’s subject...
هُوَ – huwa [He]: Huwa is an إ سْمُ ضَميرٍ [ism ḍamīr]; that is, huwa is a singular, masculine, third...
There are three types of narrations pertaining to the occasions and circumstances of revelation of this Sūrah. The first narration is that the polytheists of...
The Holy Prophet (sa) has declared this chapter to be one-third of the Qur’an. Thus, he has stated: ِ”مَنْ قرَأَ قُلْ هُوَ اللّٰهُ أَحَدٌ...
A number of names have been cited for this chapter in various commentaries of the Holy Qur’an. These numerous names are indicative of the vast nature of its...
سُورَةُ الاِخْلَاصِ مَكِّيَّةٌ وَهِيَ خَمْسُ آيَاتٍ مَعَ البَسْمَلَةِ Sūrah al-Ikhlāṣ is Makkan and including Bismillah, it has 5 verses. (1) According to Ibn...
The Review of Religions is delighted to present the complete English translation of the commentary of Sūrah al-Ikhlāṣ – Chapter 112 of the Holy Qur’an – by...
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