STRAIGHTPATH July 26, 2011
THE SOLVED MYSTERY OF ALIF LAAM MEEM
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By Laila Ali and Zolfigarr
For centuries readers of the Quran have wondered about the
mystery behind Alif Laam Meem and other ''randomly placed''
letters in the Quran, with no avail.
Do these letters have a hidden meaning?
Surely everything between the two covers of the Holy Quran
serves a purpose, so what is the purpose of these letters?
The beauty of this is that even the fallible scholars cannot
begin to attempt disecting the meaning behind them as the
mysterious letters in Arabic are known as al huroof al
muqatta’a, and also as fawaatih as-soor. These letters from the
Arabic alphabet are placed at the start of 29 surahs in the Qur’an.
The name “fawaatih as-soor” refers to the fact that these
letters are only ever found at the beginning of any surah, in the
opening ayah, and never in the middle or end of a surah.
Another proof of the Yamani, Ahmed al Hassan a.s is that he
came with Knowledge of these letters, that no one before him has
even attempted to explain.
This is one of the biggest proofs, as if you recall from the
Hujjatullah Formula, the Hujjatullah must have Divine knowledge
which would distinguish his rank as a leader and Messenger from
Allah swt. In the book of Al Mutashabihaat Ahmed a.s explains
the meaning behind Alif Laam Meem;
The name of Allah:It is the city of perfection that illuminated
and displayed its glorification from His true reality and status swt
that no one knows it except Huwa(him) swt. Likewise,AlRahman
AlRaheem both of them are associative in meaning, and
exemplify the door of this city.
And the shadow of this city is the world of possibilities,that
He himself illuminated from within Him and so then glorified
from Him Muhammad pbuhap. "You are of a great creation"Sura
Qalam verse 4. Because Muhammad lived by the greatest morals
from Allah out of all of the creations.It became an exception that
no creation can be particularly called as a great one except if it
was glorified,and the morals of him appeared from Allah swt, and
so from here it is the reason that Muhammad is the city of
knowledge. As for the door of this city is Ali a.s, and the one
whom the flesh and blood was mixed with is Fatima a.s.So with
that being said Ali is a glorification of Rahman, and Fatima is a
glorification fo Raheem. And both of them are associative with
each other in specific ways, and can be seperated the same way AlRahman Al-Raheem can be seperated in specific ways.
Alif lam meem:
Prince of the believers a.s said:"I am Ha from
Hawameem(Ham meem ) I am a part of Alif lam meem, I am the
translation of Saad, I am Noon and the Qalam"
And these letters are the names of Ahlulbayt, and so from
here Meem(Muhammad)Lam(Ali)and Alif(Fatima). And if you
counted all the letters you will find that they are 14 letters. And the
Meem has been mentioned 17 times , and the Lam(12 times) and
the Alif(13 times).
And from these letters the Quran was made. And from these
letters (Alif lam meem)the greatest name of Allah. Abi Abdullah
Imam Jaafer a.s said:"Alif lam meem is a letter from the letters of
the greatest name of Allah,the one that is divided in the
Quran,the Prophet can comprehend it and the Imam and once he
prays to Allah, his dua will be answered"Ma'ani Al-Akhbar p.23
Imam Al-Saadiq a.s says:"Allah swt created us and so he created
our images benevolent,and made us His eye(allegory) towards his
slaves. And his tongue that speaks for His creation,and His hand
that is spread for his slaves, with mercy and gentleness,and His
face that people go after,and His door that tell people to Him,and
the store of !