Alif Lām Mīm Ṣād[Sahl said]:This means, ‘I am God, I divide up (afṣilu) my servants with truth.’ From these letters is produced the name of God, Exalted is He: al-Ṣamad (the Self-Sufficing, the One who is Eternally-Besought-of-All). His words, Exalted is He: