Oneness and permanence
Aṣ-Ṣamad ٱلصَّمَد
The Eternal Refuge: the One everything turns to in need, who needs nothing Himself.
1 āyāt · 1 sūrah · root ص م د
Why Allah uses this name
Ibn Kathīr collects the salaf's glosses — the One sought in every need, perfect in every attribute, who neither eats nor is hollow — all converging on total independence and total resort.
Take this with you
Every need you have has one destination. Stop routing it elsewhere.
Ibn ʿAbbās رضي الله عنهما: Aṣ- is the master who is perfect in His sovereignty, to whom all creation turns in their needs.
Ibn Kathīr, Tafsīr al-Qurʾān al-ʿAẓīm, on 112:2
Where it appears in the Qur'an
Counted from the muṣḥaf text as served by the Quran.com API. A few occurrences describe someone other than Allah; read the āyah in place to see which.
112. Sūrat Al-Ikhlāṣ الإخلاص
1 āyah
āyah 2
Names close to this one
Allāh ٱللَّٰه
The proper name of the Divine Being: the One truly worshipped, to whom every other name returns as a description.
Al-Ḥaqq ٱلْحَقّ
The Truth: the One whose being and whose word are real, beside whom everything called upon is false.
Al-Ḥayy ٱلْحَىّ
The Ever-Living: life that never began and never ends, the ground of every other life.
Al-Qayyūm ٱلْقَيُّوم
The Sustainer of all existence: self-subsisting, and the One by whom everything else subsists.
Al-Wājid ٱلْوَاجِد
The Finder who lacks nothing: everything He wills is present to Him, and nothing escapes Him.
Al-Wāḥid ٱلْوَٰحِد
The One: single in His essence, attributes and right to be worshipped.
Al-Aḥad ٱلْأَحَد
The Unique One who has no second of any kind — not in essence, not in attribute.
Al-Awwal ٱلْأَوَّل
The First: nothing preceded Him.