Verse 3
The Sincerity • makkah
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Important Words:
الصمد (Independent and Besought of all) is substantive noun from صمد. They say صمد الله فی الحوائج i.e. he betook himself or had recourse to Allah in needs and exigencies. صمد (samad) means, a person to whom one betakes oneself in one’s needs. سید صمد means, a chief to whom recourse is had; a lord to whom obedience is rendered; without whom no affair is accomplished. صمد also means, a person or place above whom or which there is no one. الصمد means, the Supreme Being to Whom recourse is had for the accomplishment of needs; Who is Independent of all and upon Whom all depend for their needs; Who will continue forever after all creation has ceased to exit; above Whom there is no one. (Lane & Aqrab).
Commentary:
In the preceding verse the claim was made that God is One, Alone, and Unique. The present verse substantiates that claim. It says that God is الصمد i.e. all things and beings depend upon Him and He is Independent and Besought of all. All have need of Him and He has need of none. He needed the help of no being or material to create the universe. So when all things and beings are dependent on Him and to Him we have recourse for our needs and requirements and He fulfils them, then where is the necessity of any other God?
In fact, nothing in the universe is complete in itself, not even the smallest atom. Nothing is self-subsisting; everything depends on some other thing for its existence. God alone is such a Being Who depends on no being or thing. He is above conception and conjecture. His attributes know no bound or limit. This is the meaning of الصمد.
Samad means, one to whom recourse is had; or to whom obedience is rendered; without whom no affair is accomplished; a person or place above whom or which there is no one. As-Samad being a Divine attribute means, the Supreme Being to Whom recourse is had for the accomplishment of needs; Who is Independent of all and upon Whom all depend for their needs; Who will continue to exist for ever after all creation has ceased to exist; above Whom there is no one (Lane). In the preceding verse the claim was made that God is One, Alone, and Unique. The present verse substantiates that claim. It says that all things and beings depend upon God but He Himself is Independent and Besought of all. All have need of Him but He has need of none. He needed the help of no being or matter to create the universe. In fact, nothing in the universe is complete in itself, not even the smallest atom. Nothing is self-subsisting; everything depends on some other thing for its existence. God alone is such a Being Who depend