Know your Lord- Who is As-Samad?

As-Samad (the Perfect Lord and Master upon Whom the whole of creation depends), the Lord and Master Whose control is complete, upon Whom the whole of the creation depends for its needs because of His perfection in His self, His names, His attributes and His actions.
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The One Who remains and never passes away, the One Who neither eats nor drinks, free of all needs.
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What is the meaning of As-Samad?

It is said that As-Samad means He is the Perfect One, in His Knowledge, His Power, His Wisdom, His ’Izzāh (Honor and Might), His Sovereignty and in all His Attributes.
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And it is said: As-Samad has the meaning of the Ma’ful form, that is Al-Masmudu ilaihi, He who is betaken to by the creation of their needs, with the meaning that they incline to Him and they reach out for Him, and surrender their needs to Him. So it has the meaning of the everyone is in need of.
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Ikrimah reported that Ibn `Abbas radhiAllahu ‘anhu said:
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“This means the One Who all of the creation depends upon for their needs and their requests.”
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Ali bin Abi Talhah reported from Ibn Abbas:
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“He is the Master Who is perfect in His sovereignty.
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The Most Noble Who is perfect in His nobility.
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The Most Magnificent Who is perfect in His magnificence.
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The Most Forbearing Who is perfect in His forbearance.
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The All-Knowing Who is perfect in His knowledge, and the Most Wise Who is perfect in His wisdom.
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He is the One Who is perfect in all aspects of nobility and authority. He is Allāh, glory be unto Him.
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These attributes are not befitting anyone other than Him. He has no coequal and nothing is like Him. Glory be to Allāh, the One, the Irresistible.”
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Sometimes we just don’t know where to turn. We have needs and we also have aspirations, wants and hopes. We get confused. Sometimes we just need someone to talk to. Sometimes we need shelter from the storm. And this is why Allāh is as-Samad.
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Don’t think that the One who has named himself as-Samad will let you down. He, as-Samad is unshakeable. You can be confident and assured, because the One you are turning to is the Master, unaffected by the changes around us