(Alif Lam Mim. The revelation of the Book (this Qur’an) in which there is no doubt, is from the Lord of the `Alamin (mankind, Jinn and all that exists)!) (32:1-2), ﴿حـم – تَنزِيلٌ مِّنَ الرَّحْمَ "Alif Lam Mim" is a term that appears several times in the Quran, and its meaning is not entirely clear. It is considered to be one of the mysterious letters (al-huruf al-muqatta'at) that appear at the beginning of some chapters of the Quran. Another theory surrounding the meaning of Alif Laam Meem is that it represents an abbreviation of Allah’s names, with ‘Alif’ symbolizing Allah, ‘Laam’ as Lateef and ‘Meem’ denoting Majeed— 3 of Allah’s 99 names. This theory could hold some validity to an extent, but a question arises as to why only these particular names are selected. 2. al-Sha’bī clearly viewed the disconnected letters as a special case and affirmed the meaning of ALL other verses – “leave them and ask about anything else.”. So to use his position on the disconnected letters to discount the need to understand the Qur’an is a gross misrepresentation of his position. Yet the discussion doesn’t qICV.

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