Surah # 112 - Al Ikhlas

(Arabic: سورة الإخلاص‎, The Fidelity), Al-Ikhlaas means "the purity" or "the refining". 

Also known as Sūrat At-Tawhīd (Arabic: سورة التوحيد‎, Monotheism)

This is the 112th Surah of the Qur'an. 

It is a short declaration of tawhid, Allah's absolute oneness, consisting of 4 ayat.

        PERIOD OF REVELATION

 Traditions show that different people on different occasions had questioned the Holy Prophet (upon whom be peace) about the essence and nature of the God to Whose service and worship he invited the people, and on every occasion he recited by Allah's command this very Surah in response.

        THEME AND SUBJECT MATTER

 Those days, the idolatrous polytheists were worshiping gods made of wood, stone, gold, silver and other substances.The gods and goddesses were descended from each other. Each God had wives and children, and all the goddesses had husband and relatives. 

 A large number of polytheists believed that God assumed human form and there were some people who descended from Him.

 Under such conditions when the people were invited to believe in Allah, the One Who has no associate, it was inevitable that questions arose in the minds as to what kind of a God He was.

 It is a miracle of Allah that in a few words He briefly answered all the questions and presented such a clear concept of the His Being, without leaving any room for the ascription of any of the human qualities to Him.