The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 4) — Page 10
CH. 19 ركوعاتها 19 Ju (MARYAM) باتها ٩٩ PT. 16 1. "In the name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful. 2146 2. Kāf Hā Yā 'Ain Ṣād. 2147 2146. Commentary: See 1:1. 2147. Commentary: "See 1:1. A brief note here on abbreviated letters which have been placed at the beginning of some Surahs of the Quran and which are known as (al-Muqatta'at) i. e. letters used and pronounced separately, is called for. The Muqatta'āt are abbreviations for specific attributes of God and the subject matter of a Surah before which they are placed has a deep connection with the Divine attributes for which they stand. The various Muqatta'āt have not been haphazardly placed at the beginning of different Surahs, nor are their letters combined arbitrarily. There runs a deep and far-reaching connection between the various sets of Muqatta'āt and the letters of which they are made also serve a definite purpose. Surahs 2 & 3 are prefaced with the abbreviated letters J (Alif Lām Mīm), indicating a kinship between their contents. chapters 4, 5 & 6 have no Muqatta'at placed at their beginning which means that the subject matter of these three chapters is subordinate to and follows the pattern of that of the preceding two بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ. ص Surahs. Chapter 7 begins with the abbreviated letters (Alif Lam Mim Sad) which has the additional letter The next two chapters (8 & 9) have no Muqatta'at and the following three chapters (10, 11 & 12) have the abbreviated letters J (Alif Lām Rā) placed at their beginning and the 13th chapter begins with (Alif Lam Mīm Ra) i. e. with the addition of, to J. Chapters 14 and 15 have again the combination J in their beginning which shows that there exists a certain similarity of subject matter among all these Surahs. Chapters 16, 17 and 18 have no Muqaṭṭa 'āt before them which again shows that the subject matter of these three Surahs is subordinate and similar to that of the preceding Surahs. Chapter 19 is headed with (Kaf Hā Ya'Ain Ṣād) and deals with a particular subject, i. e. the Christian dogmas of Salvation and Atonement. The next six Surahs have no abbreviated letters at their beginning, ab at the head of 20th chapter, not being treated as Muqaṭṭa'āt. The following three Surahs are known as the Surahs of 1924 (Ta Sin) group. With the 29th chapter the Quran reverts to the same subject which has already been dealt with in Surahs2 & 3 but in a new