Surah Al-Ikhlas

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. 112:1 ▶

   قُلْ هُوَ ٱللَّهُ أَحَدٌ ﴿١﴾

   qul huwa llāhu 'aḥad

   Say, "He is Allāh, [who is] One,

   Alone, without another, indivisible with absolute and permanent unity and distinct from all else. The one and only true deity, unique in His essence, attributes and deeds.

2. 112:2 ▶

   ٱللَّهُ ٱلصَّمَدُ ﴿٢﴾

   allāhu ṣ-ṣamad

   Allāh, the Eternal Refuge.

   He who is absolute, perfect, complete, essential, self-sufficient and sufficient to meet the needs of all creation; the one eternally and constantly required and sought, depended upon by all existence and to whom all matters will ultimately return.

3. 112:3 ▶

   لَمْ يَلِدْ وَلَمْ يُولَدْ ﴿٣﴾

   lam yalid walam yūlad

   He neither begets nor is born,

4. 112:4 ▶

   وَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُۥ كُفُوًا أَحَدٌۢ ﴿٤﴾

   walam yakul lahū kufuwan 'aḥad

   Nor is there to Him any equivalent."

In the transliteration, “|”: the reciter stops; “·”: sakt, a brief cut without taking a breath.