In Depth Analysis, Collection of Commentaries by Ullama and Tafseer of Surah Ikhlas by Nouman Ali Khan

Classification=Meccan
Alternative titles=(Sūrat al-Tawḥīd) سورة التوحيد
Other names=The Unity, Oneness of God, Sincere Religion, The Declaration of [God's] Perfection
Position=Juz' 30 Surah 112
Structure=4 verses
Specialty=Aṣ-Samad (الصَّمَد - the One besought (Names of God in the Qur'an)) is a Qurʾānic hapax means it appears nowhere else in the whole Quran(Q 112:2).

Sūrat al-Ikhlāṣ (Arabic: سورة الإخلاص‎) (The Fidelity), aka Sūrat al-Tawḥīd (Arabic: سورة التوحيد‎) (Monotheism) is the 112th Sura of the Qur'an. It is a short declaration of tawhid, God's absolute unity, consisting of 4 ayat. Al-Ikhlas means "the purity" or "the refining", meaning to remain pure and faithful or a state of purging one's soul of non-Islamic beliefs, such as paganism and polytheism. It is the only surah in the Qur'an whose name is not present or has no linguistic ties to within the surah itself.

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ ١
اللَّهُ الصَّمَدُ ٢
لَمْ يَلِدْ وَلَمْ يُولَدْ ٣
وَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُ كُفُوًا أَحَدٌ ٤

Transliteration:
Bismillah Ar-Rahman Ar-Raheem
1 Qul huwa Allahu ahad
2 Allahus-samad
3 Lam yalid walam yulad
4 Walam yakun lahu kufuwan ahad
Translation: Surah 112: Al-Ikhlas (The Unity, Sincerity, Oneness Of God)

hadith about al-Ikhlas

According to a hadith, this sura is an especially important and honored part of the Quran:

* Imam Malik bin Anas has said that `Ubayd bin Hunayn heard Abu Hurayrah speaking:

"I was walking with the Prophet and we heard a man reciting "Say: He, God, is One" The God's Apostle said: "It is inevitable" I asked "what?": He responded: "Paradise."

* Abu Said has narrated that he heard the Prophet saying:

"Isn't every one of you able to recite one third of the Quran during a night?" They thought it was very difficult, so they asked: "Who is able to do that, O Apostle of God?" He responded: "He is God, the One and Only is one third of the Qur'an."

* Al-Bukhari reported from Amrah bint Abdur-Rahman, who used to stay in the apartment of Aishah, the wife of the Prophet, that Aishah said, "The Prophet sent a man as the commander of a war expedition and he use to lead his companions in prayer with recitation (of the Quran). And he would complete his recitation with the recitation, 'say He is Allah, One'. So when they returned, they mentioned that to the Prophet and he said, "Ask him why does he do that". So they asked him and he said, "Because it is the description of Ar-Rahman and I love to recite it". So the Prophet said, "Inform him that Allah the Most High Loves him."

This is how Al-Bukhari recorded this hadith in his book of tawhid. Muslim and an-Nisai also recorded it.