Knowledge of Letters and Numbers ilm huroof
Knowledge of Letters & Numbers
علم حروف فواتح و مقطعات
Ilm Huroof
Fawatih (Opening) and Muqatta’at Letters
About one-quarter of the Quranic Surahs (29 Chapters) are preceded by mysterious letter-symbols called muqatta’at (abbreviated letters) or, occasionally called Fawatih (openers) as they appear at the beginning of the relevant Surahs.
It is related that Abu Bakr as-Siddiq said:
في كل كتاب سر، وسره في القرآن فواتح القرآن
For every book there is a secret and all of its secrets are in the Qur`an
in the opening letters of the chapters
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Heavenly Abjad Order |
9 |
8 |
7 |
6 |
5 |
4 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
Arabic letter |
ط |
ح |
ز |
و |
ه |
د |
ج |
ب |
ا |
Heavenly |
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Heavenly Abjad Order |
18 |
17 |
16 |
15 |
14 |
13 |
12 |
11 |
10 |
Arabic letter |
ص |
ف |
ع |
س |
ن |
م |
ل |
ك |
ي |
Heavenly |
SADH= 90 |
FA= |
AYN= |
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Heavenly Abjad Order |
27 |
26 |
25 |
24 |
23 |
22 |
21 |
20 |
19 |
Arabic letter |
ظ |
ض |
ذ |
خ |
ث |
ت |
ش |
ر |
ق |
Heavenly |
ZA= |
DHAD = 800 |
THAL= |
KHA = |
SA= |
TA= |
SHEEN = 300 |
RA = |
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Heavenly Abjad Order |
92 |
28 |
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Arabic letter |
لا |
غ |
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Heavenly |
Lam |
GHAYN = 1000 |
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