Muqattaʿat
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muqatta-at-184-10059690
title:
Muqattaʿat
text:
The mysterious letters are combinations of between one and five Arabic letters that appear at the beginning of 29 out of the 114 chapters (surahs) of the Quran just after the Bismillāh Islamic phrase. The letters are also known as fawātiḥ (فَوَاتِح) or "openers" as they form the opening verse of their respective surahs. Four chapters are named for their muqaṭṭaʿāt: Ṭā-Hā, Yā-Sīn, Ṣād, Qāf, and sometimes Nūn. The original significance of the letters is unknown. Tafsir (exegesis) has interpreted t
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Combinations of Arabic letters at the beginning of some surahs of the Quran
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muqatta%CA%BFat
date created:
2004-12-01T21:59:01Z
date modified:
2024-09-07T08:02:42Z
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