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The Blessed Names of Sūrah Al-Ikhlās
The Chapter Of The Holy Qur’ān On Pure Islamic Monotheism
| Name | Meaning |
| 1. Al-Ikhlās | The Purity of faith in Allāh, Sincere devotion to Allāh |
| 2. At-Tafrīd | The Unique |
| 3. At-Tajrīd | On its own, free from anything else |
| 4. At-Tawhīd | Pure Islamic Monotheism |
| 5. An-Najāh | The Salvation |
| 6. Al-Wilāyah | The Protection |
| 7. An-Nisbah | The Connection with Allāh |
| 8. Al-Ma’rifah | The Knowledge about Allāh |
| 9. Al-Jamāl | The Beauty, The Beautiful |
| 10. Al-Muqashqashah | The Cure (for the disease of polytheism) |
| 11. Al-Mu’awwidhah | The Refuge |
| 12. Sūrah As-Samad | The Sūrah about The One Who is Eternally Besought (Allāh) |
| 13. Al-Asās | The Foundation |
| 14. Al-Māni’ah | The Preventer (of punishment in the grave) |
| 15. Al-Muhdirah | The Gatherer (angels gather to listen to its recitation) |
| 16. Al-Munfirah | The Sūrah that sends satan running away scared |
| 17. Al-Barā’ah | The Freedom (from idolatory) |
| 18. Al-Mudhakkirah | The Reminder (about monotheism) |
| 19. An-Nūr | The Light (of the Qur’ān) |
| 20. Al-Amān | The Safety |
| 21. Al-Muqarribah | The Nearness (to Allāh), the way to draw near to Allāh |
Source:
These names of Sūrah al-Ikhlās have been identified by
As-Sayyid Muhammad Haqqī an-Nāzilī
Rahmatullāhi ‘alayh in Khazīnat u’l
Asrār al-Kubrā wa Jalīlat u’l Adhkār (A Treasure of
Great Spiritual Mysteries and Sublime Remembrances of Allāh), Dār
u’l Kitāb al-‘Arabī, Beirūt, 1349 A.H, p.
181-182. His main source is the Hadīth Sharīf, the blessed
Sayings of our beloved Prophet Muhammad Sallallāhu
‘alayhi wa Sallam.
Sūrah al-Ikhlās: Transliteration
Bismillāh i'r Rahmān i'r Rahīm
Qul Huwallāhu Ahad
Allāh u’s Samad
Lam yalid wa lam yūlad
Wa lam yakunlahu kufuwan ahad
Sūrah al-Ikhlās: Translation
In the Name of Allāh, The Beneficent, The Merciful.
Say (O beloved Prophet): He, Allāh, is One.
Allāh the Eternally Besought.
He begets not nor is He begotten.
And there is none like Him. (112:1-4)
Hadīth Sharīf on the Merits of Sūrah
al-Ikhlās
Hadrat Abū Dardā Rady Allāhu
‘Anhu reported that Prophet Muhammad Sallallāhu
‘alayhi wa Sallam said, “Is any of you incapable of reciting
a third of the Qur’ān in a night? On being asked how they could
recite a third of the Qur’ān, he replied, “ ‘Say: He,
Allāh, is One’ is equivalent to a third of the
Qur’ān”. (Muslim)
Fāida (Benefit of what we have learned)
From the above blessed Saying of our beloved Holy Prophet Muhammad al-Mustafā Sallallāhu ‘alayhi wa Sallam, the mashāyikh (spiritual masters) have concluded that if we recite Sūrah al-Ikhlās three times, we get a heavenly reward equal to the recitation of the whole Qur’ān. That is surely why Sūrah al-Ikhlās is recited three times at the khatm (completion) of the recitation of the whole Qur’ān. And that is obviously why Imām ‘Abdallāh bin ‘Alawī al-Haddād Rady Allāhu ‘Anhu begins his Wird u’l Latīf (Regular Voluntary Invocations to Allāh) with the recitation of Sūrah al-Ikhlās three times, and ends his Rātib u’sh Shahīr (The Well-Known Sequential Voluntary Regular Invocations) in the same manner. And that is why all the mashāyikh (spiritual masters) exhort us to recite it more and more.
Reminder:
We should remind ourselves of the advice of Imām
‘Abdallāh bin ‘Alawī al-Haddād
Rady Allāhu ‘Anhu to recite Sūrah
al-Ikhlās eleven times before going to bed every night and to
supplicate to Allāh, The Glorified and The Exalted, to grant its heavenly
reward to our parents, relatives, and mashāyikh, and to all the Muslim men
and Muslim women who have passed away. May Allāh give them a high place in
Paradise, Āmīn Yā Rabb al ‘Ālamīn.
Key to the Arabic Transliteration
Compiled by:
Siddīq Osmān Noormuhammad
7 Dhu'l Qa'dah 1423/10 January 2003
Toronto, Canada.
Al-Fātiha!