Fortress of the Muslim
Hisn al-Muslim 65
Arabic hadith text
اللّهُـمَّ إِنِّـي أَسْأَلُـكَ بِأَنَّـي أَشْـهَدُ أَنَّـكَ أنْـتَ اللهُ لا إِلـهَ إِلاّ أَنْـت الأَحَـدُ الصَّـمَدُ الَّـذي لَـمْ يَلِـدْ وَلَمْ يولَـدْ وَلَمْ يَكـنْ لَهُ كُـفُواً أَحَـد
Translation
O Allah, I ask You as I bear witness that You are Allah: there is no deity but You, the One, the Unique, al-Ṣamad, who neither begets nor was begotten, and to whom none is comparable.
Translation notes
الأَحَـدُ الصَّـمَدُ
The witness renders al-Ṣamad as “Independent of creation”; no approved glossary entry was provided for this term.
Which concise English equivalent for al-Ṣamad should be adopted consistently?