(In the Name
of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful)
All praise is
for Allah. Darood (Blessings) and Salaam (Peace) on Muhammad,
his Family, and his Companions.
ALLAHUMMA SALLI
ALA SAYYIDINA MUHAMMADIN NABEE YIL UMMEE WA ALIHI WA BARIK WA
SALLIM
ASTAGHFIR ULLAHA
ALLAZI LA ILAHA ILLA HUWAL HAYYUL QAYYUM WA ATUBU ILAYH
LAAM - THE ARABIC
LETTER PART 2
INTRODUCTION
The Arabic letter
Laam () is equivalent to the letter 'L'
in the English alphabet. The position of the letter Laam () in the normal Arabic character set is 23.
In the numerical character set, Abjad, Laam ()
is the
12th Letter
{ Mulk Kingdom} with a numerical value
of 30. This article
is about the spiritual meaning of the letter Laam ().
THE LETTER LAAM PART
2
There is one quality
in the Letter Laam ()
that is not found in any other Arabic Letter.
The Letter Laam
() when written as a
word becomes Laam Alif Meem ().
{ Kingdom must contain Allah and His Rasul Muhammad (S)}
The Letter Laam as a word contains the Letters Alif () and Meem ().
No
other Arabic Letter when written as a
word contains
both Alif () and Meem ().
There are only 3 Arabic
Letters when written as words (not counting the Letter Laam () itself) which contain the Letter
Laam (). These
are:
Alif ()
=
Dal ()
=
Zal ()
=
Since the numerical value
of the Letter Laam ()
is 30, it is basically connected with the number 3. Therefore
the Letter Laam (= 30)
is connected to the Letter Jeem ( = 3)
and also to the Letter Sheen (= 300).
That is the reason behind the numerical values in the
Abjad format. To show connections between Letters. How
is that connected with the Quran ?
CHAPTERS OF THE QURAN
There are 3 Chapters
named with the initial Letter Jeem ( = 3)
And speaking of 3 Chapters
each for 3 Letters, let us go back to the 3 Letters Alif Laam
Meem...
ALIF LAAM MEEM
Our Guidance, the Quran starts with these 3 Muqattaat Letters - Alif Laam Meem.
1 Alif Laam Meem
2 That is the Book in which there is no doubt, a
guidance to those who ward off (evil).
[Quran: Al
Baqara Chapter 2]
The majority of human
beings are by nature prone to evil, the exception being the Messengers
() of Allah. Evil is one of the
characteristics of the human soul. And the Quran has been given
to us to rectify that. The Quran also confirms evil characteristic
of the human soul as follows:
53 "Nor do I absolve my own soul
(of blame): the human soul is certainly prone to evil unless my
Rabb (Lord) do bestow His Mercy: but surely certainly my Rabb
(Lord) is Forgiving Merciful."
[Quran: Yusuf
Chapter 12]
The soul which is prone
to evil is called Nafs
Ammarah. Nafs Ammarah
is a destructive soul. It tries and destroys the person through
making the person restless and reckless.
Then there is the other
kind of soul which is always 'accusing'.
This kind of soul is
called Nafs Lawwamah. It whispers Shaytan's (satanic)
thoughts. This kind of soul is restless. The person may not carry
out the evil suggestions of Shaytan but the soul nevertheless
makes the person restless.
2 And I do call to witness the accusing
soul
[Quran: Al
Qiyamat Chapter 75]
And finally there is
a third kind of soul which is peaceful. This kind of soul is called
Nafs Mutmainnah. It belongs to the Messengers () of Allah and to the pious people.
27 You the peaceful soul!
[Quran: Al
Fajr Chapter 89]
The interesting thing
about all this is the fact that Nafs
Ammarah the reckless
soul can be changed to the Nafs
Lawwamah the restless
soul. And then the Nafs
Lawwamah can be changed
to Nafs Mutmainnah
the PEACEFUL soul. How ?
By following the Guidance
in the Quran. Alif Laam
Meem. Meem is the
Mutmainnah PEACEFUL soul.
THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN
THE SOULS
If we look at the above
3 Chapter numbers we find that the difference between the quotation
of Nafs Lawwamah and
Nafs Ammarah
is :
75 - 12 = 63 which is
6 + 3 = 9 =
.
This is where most of
us fit in. We are complete (9) but we do not know how to deal
with the Nafs Lawwamah.
The difference between
the quotation of Nafs
Mutmainnah and
Nafs Lawwamah is :
89 - 75 = 14 which is
1 + 4 = 5 =
.
Here we have to follow
the Hidayat laid down in the Quran and the
Sunnah of Muhammadto arrive at
Nafs Mutmainnah.
If we add the above answers
5 and 9 we get 14 which points us to the 14 Letters of
Muqattaat.
NOW FOR SOME SUMS
The numerical value of
Alif (= 1) + Laam (=
30) + Meem ( = 40) = 71.
Since the Quran did not
start with:
1 Qaf. By the Glorious
Quran
[Quran: Qaf
Chapter 50]
We are Qaf ()
100 - 71 (Numerical value of Alif Laam Meem) = 29 short of Guidance.
That is Laam (= 30) - Alif
( = 1) = 29.{ 29 Annilation ilm Qhaib}
In Laam () Part 1 it was stated that the letter
Laam () is always preceded by the
Letter Alif (). Therefore we must consider these
two Letters together.
Alif ()
+ Laam () = 31
and there are 13 occurrences.
This is the 'mirror' effect. If
we apply the 'mirror' effect to the number 29 which we are short
of, we get 92. And 92 is a special number{92=M=40,Ha=8,M=40,Dal=4=92 Muhammad}. See the article on
the Letter Toin () for explanation.
Another way of looking
at it is from the section CHAPTERS OF THE QURAN in this article.
The Letter Laam () is between
the Letters Jeem () and Sheen () in the
Abjad format in terms of numerical values.
The middle Chapter that is named with the initial Letter Laam
() is
Layl.
If we look at the Chapter number for
Layl,
it is 92.
The answer is that Muhammadwas the one who fulfilled that gap between
Qaf and Alif Laam Meem. Muhammad has
been sent as the Guide on the Guidance. Muhammad
is the one who understood the Guidance. Darood and Salaam on Muhammad
THE FOUR MAIN ANGELS
The four main angels
who are connected with the affairs of the earth are :
IsrafeeL, JibraeeL, MikaeeL and
AzraeeL.
The interesting thing to note here is that their names end with
the Letter Laam ().
These
four angels are in charge of numerous other angels who carry out
the necessary tasks on earth under their command.
If we look at the names
of the four main angels we find that:
Israfeel ()'s name starts with the Letter Alif ()
Jibraeel ()'s name starts with the Letter Jeem ()
Mikaeel ()'s name starts with the Letter Meem ()
Azraeel ()'s name starts with the Letter Ayn ()
If we add the numerical
values of the initial Letters of these 4 angels we get:
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