112. Surah Al-Ikhlas, Verse 2
اَللّٰهُ الصَّمَدُۚ
Allahu assamad
Allah, the Everlasting Sustainer of all.
- Progressive Muslims
"God, the Absolute,"
- Shabbir Ahmed
Allah is Absolute, Eternal, Unique, Self-Sufficient, Perfect, Independent, the Uncaused Cause of all that exists, Besought of all.
- Sam Gerrans
“God, the Everlasting Refuge!
- The Monotheist Group
"God, the Indivisible,"
- Edip-Layth
"God, the Absolute/First-cause,"
- Aisha Bewley
Allah, the Everlasting Sustainer of all.
- Rashad Khalifa
"The Absolute GOD.
- Mohamed Ahmed - Samira
God the immanently indispensable.
- Sahih International
Allah, the Eternal Refuge.
- Muhammad Asad
"God the Eternal, the Uncaused Cause of All Being.
- Marmaduke Pickthall
Allah, the eternally Besought of all!
- Abdel Khalek Himmat
"He is Infinite, Absolute, and all creatures, spiritual, animate and inanimate, are in need of Him while He is in need of no one".
- Bijan Moeinian
God is Solid (and does not need anyone’s help. )
- Al-Hilali & Khan
"Allâh-us-Samad (السيد الذي يصمد إليه في الحاجات) [Allâh the Self-Sufficient Master, Whom all creatures need, (He neither eats nor drinks)].
- Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Allah, the Eternal, Absolute;
- Mustafa Khattab
Allah—the Sustainer ˹needed by all˺.
- Taqi Usmani
Allah is Besought of all, needing none.
- Abdul Haleem
God the eternal.
- Arthur John Arberry
God, the Everlasting Refuge,
- E. Henry Palmer
God the Eternal!
- Hamid S. Aziz
Allah the Absolute, on whom all things depend, besought by all!
- Mahmoud Ghali
Allah, The Everlasting Sovereign (The Arabic word is sometimes taken to mean all that is mentioned in verses 3 and 4).
- George Sale
the eternal God:
- Syed Vickar Ahamed
"Allah the Eternal (Samad, the Ever Enduring), the Absolute (and Alone);
- Amatul Rahman Omar
`Allâh is that Supreme Being Who is the Independent and Besought of all and Unique in all His attributes.
- Ali Quli Qarai
Allah is the All-embracing.