article yes Zishan Ghaffar author 83446 469 department 550 department Although Sūrat al-Ikhlāṣ (Q 112) is one of the shortest sūrahs of the Qurʾān, it has led to an extensive commentary on its structure and content in Muslim exe-getical literature and in Western scholarship. This article takes the recent attempt to contextualize the sūrah in Western scholarship as a starting point and proposes new evidence for the nature of the religious milieu that shaped its form and content. It posits several “intertexts” of creedal expressions, which shed light on the discursive nature of the sūrah. https://ris.uni-paderborn.de/download/54964/57759/10.1515_jiqsa-2023-0012-1.pdf application/pdf DeGruyter2024 eng QurʾānChristologyNiceno-Constantinopolitan CreedJacob of SerughSyriac ChristianityCredo 10.1515/jiqsa-2023-0012 9119-45 Z. Ghaffar, “The Many Faces of Sūrat al-Ikhlāṣ,” <i>Journal of the International Qur’anic Studies Association</i>, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 19–45, 2024, doi: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1515/jiqsa-2023-0012">10.1515/jiqsa-2023-0012</a>. Ghaffar, Z. (2024). The Many Faces of Sūrat al-Ikhlāṣ. <i>Journal of the International Qur’anic Studies Association</i>, <i>9</i>(1), 19–45. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1515/jiqsa-2023-0012">https://doi.org/10.1515/jiqsa-2023-0012</a> Z. Ghaffar, Journal of the International Qur’anic Studies Association 9 (2024) 19–45. Ghaffar, Zishan. “The Many Faces of Sūrat Al-Ikhlāṣ.” <i>Journal of the International Qur’anic Studies Association</i> 9, no. 1 (2024): 19–45. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1515/jiqsa-2023-0012">https://doi.org/10.1515/jiqsa-2023-0012</a>. Ghaffar, Zishan. “The Many Faces of Sūrat Al-Ikhlāṣ.” <i>Journal of the International Qur’anic Studies Association</i>, vol. 9, no. 1, DeGruyter, 2024, pp. 19–45, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1515/jiqsa-2023-0012">10.1515/jiqsa-2023-0012</a>. @article{Ghaffar_2024, title={The Many Faces of Sūrat al-Ikhlāṣ}, volume={9}, DOI={<a href="https://doi.org/10.1515/jiqsa-2023-0012">10.1515/jiqsa-2023-0012</a>}, number={1}, journal={Journal of the International Qur’anic Studies Association}, publisher={DeGruyter}, author={Ghaffar, Zishan}, year={2024}, pages={19–45} } Ghaffar Z. The Many Faces of Sūrat al-Ikhlāṣ. <i>Journal of the International Qur’anic Studies Association</i>. 2024;9(1):19-45. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1515/jiqsa-2023-0012">10.1515/jiqsa-2023-0012</a> 549642024-07-01T16:05:47Z2025-04-07T11:09:39Z