Tafsir al-Jalalayn al-Ikhlas الإِخْلَاص (Tauhid, Tawhid, The Unity) 4 verses · Meccan

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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ
Abdel Haleem
Say, ‘He is God the One
Jalal al-Din al-Mahalli & al-Suyuti

Say ‘He is God One Allāhu is the predicate of huwa ‘He is’ and ahadun is its substitution or a second predicate.

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اللَّهُ الصَّمَدُ
Abdel Haleem
God the eternal
Jalal al-Din al-Mahalli & al-Suyuti

God the Self-Sufficient Besought of all Allāhu’l-samad constitute a subject and a predicate al-samad means the One Who is always sought at times of need

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لَمْ يَلِدْ وَلَمْ يُولَدْ
Abdel Haleem
He begot no one nor was He begotten
Jalal al-Din al-Mahalli & al-Suyuti

He neither begot for no likeness of Him can exist nor was begotten since createdness is precluded in His case.

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وَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُ كُفُوًا أَحَدٌ
Abdel Haleem
No one is comparable to Him.’
Jalal al-Din al-Mahalli & al-Suyuti

Nor is there anyone equal to Him’ neither match nor comparison lahu ‘to Him’ is semantically connected to kufuwan ‘equal’ but precedes it because it is the object of the intended negation; ahadun ‘anyone’ which is the subject of yakun ‘is there’ has been placed after the predicate of the latter kufuwan ‘equal’ in order to retain the harmony of the end-rhyme of the verses.

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