Aṣ-Ṣamad
The Eternal Refuge
Root ص م د (ṣ-m-d). Lane gives ṣamadahu as ‘he repaired, betook himself, or directed his course to him; had recourse to him’, and aṣ-ṣamad, of God, as the Lord to whom one has recourse in needs. Al-Rāghib records the sense ‘that which is not hollow’. The verb ṣamada means he directed himself to something, while ṣamd is the act of aiming at or making for it. It occurs once in the Qur'an and no other form of the root occurs there. ‘Allah, the Eternal Refuge.’ (112:2)
The root
ص م دṣ-m-d
Being turned to. Lane gives ṣamadahu as 'he repaired, betook himself, or directed his course to him; had recourse to him', and aṣ-ṣamad, of God, as the Lord to whom one has recourse in needs. Al-Rāghib also records the sense 'that which is not hollow'.
- صَمَدَṣamadahe made for, directed himself to
- صَمْدṣamdthe act of aiming at, making for
Pronunciation
الصَّمَدُ
as-SA-mad
In the Qur'an
اللَّهُ الصَّمَدُ
Allah, the Eternal Refuge.
112:2 · Sahih International