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Arabic root

خ-ل-ص

1 word from this root family

B1noun
إِخْلَاصٌ
ikhlāṣ

sincerity / purity of devotion

Example
قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ
qul huwa Allāhu aḥad
Say: He is Allah, the One (112:1)
Grammar

Form IV maṣdar (إِفْعَال). Verb: أَخْلَصَ (to be sincere/purify). مُخْلِصٌ (sincere person). Surah al-Ikhlāṣ (112) is named 'Sincerity/Purity.'

Culture

Ikhlāṣ means purifying one's intention for God alone — no deed is accepted without it. Surah al-Ikhlāṣ distills pure monotheism into four verses.