Surat Ikhlas..

[Abu Hafsat]

As-Salaam alaikum, 

Reciting chapter 112 of the Holy Qur'an, Surat Ikhlas, is compared to complete recitation of one-third of the entire Qur'an. Reciting it is a means of blessings for the reciter. 

Note that Allah Ta'ala sent the Qur'an in 3 parts:--

(1) A third is comprised of Legal rulings. 

(2) A third is comprised of exhortations of promises and warnings. 

(3) A third is comprised of discussing Allah's Names and Attributes... and Surat Ikhas brings together within it those Names and Attributes. 

The Surat mentions 2 Names of Allah which together indicate all the Attributes of Perfection. They are not mentioned in any other verse: "al-Ahad and al-Samad". These 2 names indicate the Oneness of the Sacred Being who possesses all the attributes of perfection. 

Allah is Ahad-- His Singularity of existence cannot be shared by another entity. 

Allah is Samad-- His Dignity and Sovereignty reaches the extent where all other things in existence depend on for all their needs.