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'''Sūra al-Ikhlāṣ''' (Arabic: {{ia|سورة الإخلاص}}) or '''al-Tawhid''' (Arabic: {{ia|التوحيد}}) is 112th [[sura]] of the [[Qur'an]]. It is a [[Makki sura]] located in [[juz']] 30. This sura is called al-Tawhid or al-Ikhlas because it speaks about the [[unity of God]] and releases human being from [[polytheism]].  

The content of Sura al-Ikhlas is about unity of God and His needlessness of anything and the need of all beings to Him. Many merits are mentioned for Sura al-Ikhlas, including that it is equal to one third of the Qur'an and three times recitation of it equals to a complete recitation of the Qur'an. Its recitation in daily prayers is emphasized in hadiths. In a hadith, the [[noble Prophet (a)]] likened [[Imam Ali (a)]] to Sura al-Ikhlas and said that the same way three times recitation of Sura al-Ikhlas equals to complete recitation of the Qur'an, loving Imam Ali (a) by the tongue, heart, and hand (in practice) is loving Islam.