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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
Bismi l-lāhi r-raḥmāni r-raḥīm(i)
قُلْ هُوَ ٱللَّهُ أَحَدٌ ۝
1 Qul huwa l-lāhu ’aḥad(un)
ٱللَّهُ ٱلصَّمَدُ ۝
2 ’allāhu ṣ-ṣamad(u)
لَمْ يَلِدْ وَلَمْ يُولَدْ ۝
3 Lam yalid walam yūlad
وَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُۥ كُفُوًا أَحَدٌۢ ۝
4 Walam yaku l-lahū kufuwan ’aḥad(un)


بِسۡمِ اِ۬للَّهِ اِ۬لرَّحۡمَٰنِ اِ۬لرَّحِيمِ
Bismi l-lāhi r-raḥmāni r-raḥīm(i)
قُلۡ هُوَ ا۬للَّهُ اَحَدٌ ۝
1 Qul huwa l-lāhu ’aḥad(un)
اَ۬للَّهُ اَ۬لصَّمَدُ ۝
2 ’allāhu ṣ-ṣamad(u)
لَمۡ يَلِدۡ وَلَمۡ يُولَدۡ ۝
3 Lam yalid walam yūlad
وَلَمۡ يَكُن لَّهُۥ كُفُؤًا اَحَدٌۢ ۝
4 Walam yaku l-lahū kufu’an aḥad(un)

Meanings

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1 Say (O Muhammad (Peace be upon him)): "He is Allah, (the) One.
2 "Allah-us-Samad (The Self-Sufficient Master, Whom all creatures need, He neither eats nor drinks).
3 "He begets not, nor was He begotten;
4 "And there is none co-equal or comparable unto Him."

Translation:Noble Quran, 1990


1 Say, "He is Allāh, [who is] One,
2 Allāh, the Eternal Refuge.
3 He neither begets nor is born,
4 Nor is there to Him any equivalent."

Translation:Saheeh International, 1997


1 Say: He is Allah, the One and Only;
2 Allah, the Eternal, Absolute;
3 He begetteth not, nor is He begotten;
4 And there is none like unto Him.

Translation:Yusuf Ali, 1934


1 Say: He is Allah, the One!
2 Allah, the eternally Besought of all!
3 He begetteth not nor was begotten.
4 And there is none comparable unto Him.

Translation:Pickthall, 1930