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(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 NABI WA ALIHI WA BARIK WA
SALIM, ASTAGHFIR ULLAHA
ALLAZI LA ILAHA ILLA HUWAL HAYYUL QAYYUM WA ATUBU ILAYH
KAAF - THE
ARABIC LETTER
INTRODUCTION
The position of
the letter Kaaf (
) in the normal
Arabic character set is
22.
In the Abjad format it is the
11th
letter with numerical value
equal to 20.
This article is about
the spiritual meaning of the letter Kaaf (). It is one of the Muqattaat Letter
(Letters used in the opening verses in the Quran). The Letter
Kaaf () is equivalent to the letter
'K' in English.
THE LETTER KAAF ()
The Arabic Letter Kaaf
() is used as a Muqattaat
Letter in the Quran. However, it is only used once as a Muqattaat
Letter. This occurs as the first verse of Chapter 19 - Maryam:
In The Name
of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
1
Kaaf
Ha Ya Ayn Saad.
2 A recital of the mercy of your Rabb (Lord) on His servant Zakariya.
[Quran: Maryam
Chapter 19]
KAAF - ONE
OF THE LONELY LETTERS
The Letter Kaaf () is placed as the first of the five
Muqattaat Letters.
The value of the Letter Kaaf () is 20, it is used only once in
Chapter 19 as a Muqattaat Letter.
The interesting point is that
all other Muqattaat Letters are used 2 times or more except for
the Letter Noon ().
Just like the
Letter Kaaf () the Letter
Noon () is also used as a Muqattaat Letter
only once:
In The Name
of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
1 Noon. By the pen and that which they write
[Quran: Al
Qalam Chapter 68]
These two lonely Letters,
Kaaf () and Noon
(), when combined make that all
Powerful Command KUN
- "BE":
82 When He
intends a thing His command is KUN ("Be") and it is!
[Quran: Ya
Seen Chapter 36]
Because Allah is Kaafi
Sufficient.
He does not need anyone or
anything for the thing to happen. Allah Commands. Whatever He Commands, happens!
SPECIALTY OF THE
LETTER KAAF
Just to emphasize the
special quality of the Letter Kaaf ()
Allah has given us a hint in the Quran. The chapter preceding
Chapter Maryam (19) where the Letter Kaaf ()
is used as a Muqattaat Letter is called Kahf [ The Cave].
It is as if it is
a play on words. The Letter Kaaf ()
when written as a word is
Kaaf Alif Fa -
. { Kaafi}
The Name of Chapter
18 - Kahf is written Kaaf Ha Fa
. It is as if to
emphasize, the approaching Letter Kaaf ()
in the next Chapter.
To keep our eyes open!
Just as the Letter Kaaf
() is alone, (used only
once as Muqattaat Letter) so were the Companions of the Cave all
alone cut off from the rest of civilization for 309 years. Not
only that, Allah put them to sleep for the duration of that time,
so that each one was alone by himself in a state of sleep. They
were amongst companions and yet all alone.
If we add numerical values
of these 5 Letters we get:
20 + 5 + 10 + 70 + 90 = 195.
That is 5 short of 200
which is 10 X 20 ().
That is not a problem. Because
there are 5 Letters in this verse. Add them to 195 + 5 = 200.{ 200=Ra=secret of
Rabb}
The normal combinations
of Muqattaat Letters is 1, 2, 3 or 4 for example:
1 Noon = 1 Letter
2 Qaf = 1 Letter
3 Saad = 1 Letter
4 Ha Meem = 2 Letters
5 Ta Ha = 2 Letters
6 Ya Seen = 2 Letters
7 Ta Seen = 2 Letters
8 Alif Laam Meem = 3 Letters
9 Alif Laam Ra = 3 Letters
10 Ta Seen Meem = 3 Letters
11 Ayn Seen Qaf = 3 Letters
ODD
ONE OUT because it is
Verse 2
12 Alif Laam Meem Saad = 4 Letters
13 Alif Laam Meem Ra = 4 Letters
14 Kaaf Ha Ya Ayn Saad = 5 Letters
VERY ODD!
The combination of 5
Muqattaat Letters is used only ONCE. It stands out from the rest
as shown above.
Another Clue:
The five letters start
with Kaaf () = 20. They end with Ayn () and Saad (). The
difference between Saad () and
Ayn () is 90 - 70 = 20 = Kaaf ().
It is as if to balance the start
and end of the five Letters.
The Letter Kaaf () is for Abundance,
Plenty and Excess.
1 We have given you
the Kawsar (Fount Of Abundance)
[Quran: Kawsar
Chapter 108]= {verse 1 - 108=9 all in 1-9}
And who is the owner
of the Fountain of Knowledge?
If we now add the numerical
values of the last two Letters Ayn ()
and Saad () 70 + 90 = 160.
This is Meem (
= 40) less than 200.
Therefore the Fountain of Knowledge has been
bestowed on Muhammad
.
Muhammad
decides who should drink from it and who
should not. Sending Darood (Blessings) on Muhammad
is one way to be allowed to drink from that Kawsar (Fountain).
Reading the Kalima Tayyib is the other way.
CHAPTER NAMES WITH
THE LETTER KAAF
There are 3 Chapters
in the Quran which are named with the initial Letter Kaaf (). These are:
We have already seen
that Kaaf Ha Ya Ayn Saad starts with Kaaf ()
= 20. It ends with a step of 20 from Ayn (70) to Saad (90), Saad
- Ayn = Kaaf ().
If we add the above chapter
numbers 18 + 108 +109 = 235.
If we divide the sum
235 by the numerical value of Kaaf (=
20) we get:
235 divided by 20 = 11
remainder 15.
Notice that in the Abjad
format the letter Kaaf () is the 11th letter.
The remainder (15) is
precisely the sum of the values of the second letter Ha ( = 5) and the third letter Ya (
= 10).
Kafir
is Own Who Does not Accept the Order of the King:
Is it not odd that the
word Kafir (disbeliever) should start with
the Letter Kaaf () ? Especially when
the Letter Kaaf () is the basis of
KUN ("BE") and
KAWSAR!
That is precisely why
the word Kafir starts with the Letter Kaaf ().
A Kafir is one who has turned away from the Kitab
,
Book, Quran, especially when it is full of wonders, knowledge,
facts and above all Hudda () Guidance.
The Kitab
tells about events
which have happened and those that are being proven in this day
and age and those that will happen.
A
Kafir
is one who has turned away from Ya (),
Kawsar (Knowledge). Even after reading the history of
how one Man spread the Kalaam (Word) of Allah and raised the
Arabs from ignorance to enlightenment. And they in turn spread
the enlightenment to other nations. (Sadly, not the present
Arabs). A Kafir is one who has turned away from the Trust
placed by Allah upon mankind.
That Trust is the Secret within
mankind. The Kitab
has been sent to
remind us.
Speaking of the
Kitab... There is another interesting point about the
Letter Kaaf (). Again it is connected
with the Letter Noon ().
THE START OF THE BOOK (KITAB)
The Quran starts with
That is the Kitab
(Book) in which there is no doubt...
To write any book we need a pen
Qalam
and where do we find the pen?
We find the pen in:
Noon wal Qalam - Noon and the Pen
[Chapter 68].
Just as Allah wrote in
the Quran with the Pen, That
is the Kitab (Book) in which there is no doubt...,
so does the book of our life story start, in which there is also no doubt.
The two angels, one on each side
of the human being start writing the story of the human being. The angels are
not the authors of our Kitab (book). We are the authors of our own Kitab (book).
The angels are just scribes who write each of our action and deed. They write
what we tell them to write by our actions and words.
As soon as we are born
we start writing our own book. Believe it or not, we are all authors.
We are all writing our own Kitab (book) which is our own biography
and there is no doubt in that either. Every action performed by
us gets recorded in our own
autobiography. As the name implies:
Auto - it is automatic,
bio -
it is biological, graphy - it is graphical. All actions
good or bad get recorded. All words, conversations, thoughts get
recorded.
That is the Kitab (book) against which each one of us
will be judged on the Day of Reckoning. Since each one of us is
the author of his/her own Kitab (book), the question of unfairness
or erroneous information does not come into it. As the saying
goes We reap what
we sow. Should it
be We read what we
wrote ?
To have a good Kitab
(book) is to follow the guidance laid down in THE
KITAB (BOOK) which is the Quran. Allah encourages us
to COPY from His Kitab (Book - Quran) into our own insignificant
Kitab (book). So that when on the Day of Reckoning Allah Sees
His Names inscribed in our own Kitab (book) He will be Gracious
and Merciful. So that He may forgive us.
To have a bad book is
to reject the guidance laid down in the Quran. To have a bad book
is not to have any of Allah's Beautiful Names inscribed in our
book.
No one can claim to have
a good book. Forgiveness is only with Allah's Mercy. Just like
the Quran has had verses abrogated and replaced with something
better or similar:
106 None of
Our revelations do We abrogate or cause to be forgotten but We
substitute something better or similar; don't you know that Allah
has power over all things?
[Quran: Al
Baqara Chapter 2]
So can Allah replace
our evil actions with better actions in our own personal books
if He feels Compassionate.
THE CONCLUSION OF
THE BOOK
As the
Kitab
Quran Kareem concludes with the word
Nas Person, so does our Kitab (book), our life story,
finish when we stop being a person and realise that we are just
a spirit. A spirit that cannot command the body anymore. The only
additions to the book are the good deeds we have left behind.
If we leave righteous children, their prayers for the forgiveness
of their parents are accepted by Allah. Contrary to the belief
that there is nothing that can be done about those who have passed
away.
41 Our Rabb
(Lord)! Forgive me and my parents and believers on the day when
the account is cast.[Quran: Ibraheem
Chapter 14]
If that was the case,
the above verse would not be part of the Salah (prayer). However
there is a condition that the parents are or were Muslims at the
time of their death.
The conclusion of our
Kitab (book), while we have the chance, is to have written
in it that we died as Muslim believers. And that conclusion is
the KALIMA
Tayyab
LA ILAHA ILL
ALLAH MUHAMMADUR RASOOL ALLAH.
Only Allah Knows
Best.
Khalid M. Malik
Ghouri
Darood and Salaam
on Muhammad, His Family, and His Companions
NAMES OF ALLAH
STARTING WITH THE
LETTER KAAF
Al Kabeer, Al
Kareem, Al Kafeel, Al Kaafi
Darood (Blessings)
and Salaam (Peace) on Muhammad, His Family, and His Companions
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