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    Muqatta'at: the wider Semitic context
    Muqatta'at: the wider Semitic context
    Muqatta'at: the wider Semitic context
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    Muqatta'at: the wider Semitic context

    By Sajah

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    The letters EL were used as a euphemism for God. Alif-Lam appears 5 times followed by raa, and 7 times followed by mim. These muqatta'at would mean "God's spirit" and possibly "God's kingdom" in Hebrew. Other abbreviations include Ha - possibly Hashem andTa - possibly Torah.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSajah
    Release dateNov 17, 2015
    ISBN9781311879721
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      Muqatta'at - Sajah

      Muqatta’at in the Quran: the wider Semitic context

      By Sajah Suaeed

      Copyright statement. The author gives permission for this document to be freely copied

      Table of Contents

      The muqatta’at

      Semitic Languages

      Semitic scripts

      Greek abbreviations

      Latin Sigla

      Aramaic abbreviations

      Hebrew abbreviations

      Alif-Lam-Ra

      Alif-Lam-Mim

      Ta

      Ha-Mim

      Later muqatta’at

      Parsimony

      References

      The muqatta'at

      The muqatta'at (مقطعات‎) or abbreviations are combinations of letters that appear in the beginning of 29 suras. They have been very resistant to Arabic and Quranic scholarship over 1400 years. The main approaches are summarised at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muqatta%27at : single Arabic letters representing attributes of God; a mathematical code base on multiples of 19; pronunciation rules - tajweed

      mystic letters. The present paper widens previous scholarship to include other Semitic languages and the administrative languages that had influence in Arabia.

      The muqatta’at are:

      Semitic languages

      Ancient languages of the Middle East have a common origin and form one tree or Stammbaum. The word comes from languages of Shem. Semitic languages have common features different from Indo-European languages. One obvious feature is triliteral base words, which are

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