KNOWLEDGE
THE NAME OF ALLAH, AS-SAMAD is
mentioned only once in the Qur'an in Surah Al-Ikhlas (The Chapter of Sincerity).
WHO IS AS-SAMAD?
- This name has many meanings. As-Samad is the Master Who is perfect in His mastership. He is the One Whom the hearts resort to and turn to out of hope and fear because of His praiseworthy attributes. There is no Lord except Him, nor is there a goal for them to direct themselves to besides Him.
- As-Samad is the One Who is not hollow, but He is solid and does not eat or drink. Nothing goes into Him and nothing comes out from Him. He is not born to anyone nor is anyone born from Him. He is the One Who remains and does not perish.
- Due to His solidness, He is able to handle all the requests of everyone at the same time. Nothing shakes Him and nothing affects Him, there is no request too big or too small for Him.
- Allah As-Samad has affirmed qualities which no one and nothing can affect.
- He is perfect in His dominion.
- He is perfect in His knowledge.
- He is perfect in His beauty.
- He is perfect in His greatness and majesty.
- He is perfect in His highness.
- He is perfect in His seeing and hearing.
- He is perfect in His pardoning and forgiving.
IMPACTS
- Sincerity and purity belongs to Allah alone and we must go to Him for all our needs.
- Ask Allah As-Samad for stability and firmness at all times.
- It is a good quality to be available for others by taking on their requests and being at their service.
- Love of Surah Al Ikhlas; it is a surah pure from mentioning any matters of this worldly life or the hereafter and is purely about Allah.
IN THE QUR’AN
اللهُ الصَّمَد
“Allah-us-Samad [Allah the Self-Sufficient Master, Whom all creatures need, (He neither eats nor drinks)].”
[Surah Al-Ikhlas [112:2]]
IN THE SUNNAH
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) heard a man supplicating: ‘O Allah, indeed, I ask you by my testifying that You are Allah, there is none worthy of worship except You, the One, As-Samad, the one who does not beget, nor was begotten, and there is none who is like Him.’ The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘By the One in Whose Hand is my soul, he has asked Allah by His Greatest Name, the one which if He is called upon by it, He responds, and when He is asked by it, He gives’.
[At Tirmidhi 3475]