Al-Ahad
الْأَحَد
The Unique, The Indivisible
What it means
Al-Aḥad is Al-Wāḥid taken to its purest form: not just numerical one but indivisible one. He cannot be split into parts, cannot be added to, cannot be paralleled. Surah Al-Ikhlāṣ opens with this name.
Qur'anic evidence
This name appears explicitly in the following ayahs:
Sources for this entry
The Arabic name and its enumeration follow the traditional list in Sunan al-Tirmidhī (§3507). The concise explanation reflects the consensus classical understanding taught in Al-Ghazālī's Al-Maqṣad al-Asnā and Ibn Kathīr's tafsīr. Qur'anic references are locations where the name appears in the Mushaf.
Contemplate Al-Ahad with SABR
Learning the names of Allah alongside memorising His words is one of the highest forms of study. SABR pairs one name per day with your memorisation session.