Fortress of the Muslim
Hisn al-Muslim 63
Arabic hadith text
اللّهُـمَّ إِنِّـي أَسْأَلُـكَ يا اللهُ بِأَنَّـكَ الواحِـدُ الأَحَـد الصَّـمَدُ الَّـذي لَـمْ يَلِـدْ وَلَمْ يولَدْ، وَلَمْ يَكـنْ لَهُ كُـفُواً أَحَـد ، أَنْ تَغْـفِرْ لي ذُنـوبي إِنَّـكَ أَنْـتَ الغَفـورُ الرَّحِّـيم
Translation
O Allah, I ask You, O Allah, as You are the One, the Unique, al-Ṣamad, who neither begets nor was begotten, and to whom none is comparable, to forgive my sins. Indeed, You are the All-Forgiving, the Most Merciful.
Translation notes
بِأَنَّـكَ الواحِـدُ الأَحَـد الصَّـمَدُ
The witness renders al-Ṣamad as “Self-Sufficient Master”; no approved glossary entry was provided for this term.
Which concise English equivalent for al-Ṣamad should be adopted consistently?