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(1). 3364. Abū Al-'Āliyah narrated from Ubayy bin Ka'b: "The idolaters were saying to the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ: 'Name the lineage of your Lord for us.' So Allāh, Most High, revealed: Say: "He is Allāh, the One. Allāh Aṣ-Ṣamad." So Aṣ-Ṣamad is 'the One
Who does not beget, nor is He is begotten,' because there is nothing born except it will die, and there is nothing that dies except that it will be inherited from, and verily, Allāh, the Mighty and Sublime, does not die, nor is He inherited from. 'And there is none comparable to Him.' He said: 'There is nothing similar to Him, nor equal to Him, nor is there anything like Him.'" (Da'if)
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[1] Al-Masad 111:1.
Commentary
It has been told through this Sūrat that Allāh is from ever and forever. He was when there was nothing, and He will be, when there will be nothing. He is Perfect in His Being and He is Self-Sufficient, He needs nothing but everything needs Him, He is a helper and refuge for all, He is not a father of anyone, nor is anyone His father, none is His rival or equal to Him; all are in fact His slaves and under His control.
