Surat al-Ikhlas equals a third of the Qur'an

سورة الإخلاص تعدل ثلث القرآن

The Prophet told his Companions that he would recite a third of the Qur'an to them, then recited Surat al-Ikhlas and said that it equals a third of the Qur'an, in Muslim Sahih Muslim 1888 — a deed that equals a greater one and in the Muwatta Muwatta 557. The text is an equation, not a number: it sets a short act equal to a long one and names no good deeds to add up, so the calculator shows it as a written result.

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The reckoning of good and bad deeds

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The good deeds (al-hasanat)· The balance (al-mizan)· Sayyi'at (evil deeds and sins)· The reckoning of good and bad deeds· Expiation (kaffara)· The Reckoning· Calling to guidance or to error: the like of the rewards and sins of those who follow· Hajj without lewdness or wrongdoing, and umra to umra

Sources

  • Sahih Muslim
  • hadith-api (fawazahmed0): open hadith editions
  • Muwatta, recension of Yahya ibn Yahya al-Laythi (ed. Bashar Awwad Ma'ruf)
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islam.museum contributors. “Surat al-Ikhlas equals a third of the Qur'an”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/concept/hisab-surat-al-ikhlas-thuluth-al-quran/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-11.

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The good deeds (al-hasanat)