There are Arabic
letters which had been used at the beginning of 29 Surahs. Their meanings are
known only to Allah (s.w.t.), His Noble Messenger (s.a.w.a.s.) and His divinely
chosen successors, the Infallible Imams. There are traditions from the
Infallible Imams which attaches a code of significance to these letters as symbols
and keys to the latent knowledge of the higher truth accommodated in these
Ayahs of the Glorious Qur’an.
These letters are 14
in number. There is one letter in
three Surahs, two letters in nine Surahs, three letters in twelve Surahs, four
letters in two Surahs and five letters in two Surahs.
This is not an
attempt to decode these secret letters. It is just an analysis of a deep study
of the Glorious Qur’an.
Considering the back ground of the Arabian culture when the
Noble Messenger (s.a.w.a.s.) was sent by the Merciful Allah (s.w.t.) to guide
the people, Allah (s.w.t.) wanted to draw their attention for their own salvation,
hence one approach was to start any
Surah with a swear or an oath like “(I swear) by the time” in Surah al-Asr, or
“(I swear) by the dawn” in Surah al-Fajr.
Sometime, cursing the
people who weigh fraudulently charging full price but delivering less commodity
like “Woe to those who are fraudulent (in weighing and measuring) in Surah
al-Mutaffifin. At other time, reminding the people about an incident as “Did
you not see how your Lord dealt with the people of the elephant?” in Surah
al-Fil.
When the infidels did not respond to any of these attempts
to listen to the Messenger and when the Noble Messenger (s.a.w.a.s.) was
calling them towards the Truth, the people would start making noise or clapping
as mentioned in Surah al-Fussila’at Ayah
26: “Do not listen to this Qur’an but make a lot of unnecessary noise while it
is being read so that perhaps you will overcome (its challenge).” Allah
(s.w.t.) may have sent these “Huroof-e-Muqatta’at” which might shock them and
forced them to listen to the “Message”
Then Allah (s.w.t.) challenged them as some of them said
that it was not divine but the Noble Messenger (s.a.w.a.s.) had made it up
himself. The infidels were asked to bring ten Surahs (containing
huroof-e-muqatta’at) as these were the alphabets of their own Arabic language!
One of the opinions
is that these “Huroof-e-Muqatta’at” relate to the “Asma’a ul Husna”. Yet
another opinion is that some of them are the names of the Noble Prophet
(s.a.w.a.s.) like Ta’Ha, Yaseen, and Noon
People have expressed many opinions about these
Huroof-e-Muqatta’at. One of the opinions is that these words may be a reference
to an important word in the Surah itself like in Surah Ya’seen, the first word
“Yaseen” may be referred to the word “Yesa” in Ayah 20 which reads “Wa Ja’a Min
Aqsal Madinate Rajolon Yasa’a”
Shaikh al-Saduq had mentioned in “Kamal Addin” that the
Huroof-e-Muqatta’at-Ka Ha Ya Ain Sad respectively represented Karbala, Halakat-martyrdom, Yazid,
Atash-thirst, Sabr-patience. He further said that they were originally
revealed to Prophet Zakariya who prayed to Allah (s.w.t.) to inform him the
names of the “Panjetan”. On hearing the names, he inquired from Allah as when
he recited the name of (Imam) Husayn his heart pained with grief. When Allah
informed him about his brutal martyrdom, he prayed for a son who may be like
Imam Husayn (a.s.). Hence he was granted Prophet Yahya. Although the chain of
narrators are not very strong, but it may represent the fact.
Lastly, in Surah Yaseen, the Glorious Qur’an is referred to
as wisdom which is a human faculty, but it may mean that as men would like to be
attached to a wise person, hence humanity is advised to be attached with the
Glorious Qur’an.
Source used: Sayyid Ammar Naqshwani
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