As-Samad

قَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى كَذَّبَنِي ابْنُ آدَمَ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ ذَلِكَ وَشَتَمَنِي وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ ذَلِكَ فَأَمَّا تَكْذِيبُهُ إِيَّايَ فَقَوْلُهُ لَنْ يُعِيدَنِي كَمَا بَدَأَنِي

“Allah said: 'The son of Adam denied Me and he had no right to do so, and he insulted Me and he had no right to do so. As for his denial—it is his saying: He will not recreate me as He created me. As for his insult—it is his saying: Allah has taken a son.' And He is As-Samad who neither begets nor is begotten.”

This hadith qudsi affirms that As-Samad is free from having offspring—He is the self-sufficient eternal refuge whom all depend upon.

As-Samad is the One to whom all creation turns in their needs, while He Himself needs no one. He is perfect in His attributes—complete in knowledge, wisdom, power, might, glory, and mercy.

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ بِأَنِّي أَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ أَنْتَ اللَّهُ لا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ الْأَحَدُ الصَّمَدُ الَّذِي لَمْ يَلِدْ وَلَمْ يُولَدْ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ كُفُوًا أَحَدٌ

Allahumma inni as'aluka bi anni ashhadu annaka anta Allahu la ilaha illa antal-Ahadus-Samad alladhi lam yalid wa lam yulad wa lam yakun lahu kufuwan ahad

“O Allah, I ask You by my testimony that You are Allah, there is no god but You, the One, the Eternal Refuge, who neither begets nor is begotten, and there is none equivalent to Him.”