Sunday, September 10, 2006

3:1 and 2

Salaam all,

this is 3:1 and 2
الم
Aliflammeem

Aliflammeem
Those are three letters of the alphabet. They are the A, the L and the M. The meaning of those letters is not known.

3:2
اللّهُ لا إِلَـهَ إِلاَّ هُوَ الْحَيُّ الْقَيُّومُ
Allahu la ilaha illa huwa alhayyu alqayyoomu

The Aya says:
Allah, (there is) no God but He. The living, the standing.

My personal note:
This Aya is an exact repeat of part of the Aya 2:255 which is one the more important Ayat of the Qur’an.

The standing: It can mean standing as in being unchanged or any other meaning of standing that is consistent with the word and that does not make God look human.

Translation of the transliterated words:
Allahu: Allah/God
La: No
Ilaha: God
Note: the root is Hamza-L-H and it means God. ILAHA means God.
Illa: except
Huwa: He
Alhayyu: the living
Note: the root is Ha-Y-W and it means life or living. ALHAYY means: the living.
Alqayyoomu: the standing unchanged
Note: the root is Qaf-Y-M and it means standing upright for concrete and anything that stays standing for the abstract as in remaining unchanged. ALQAYYOOMU is the one that is standing. Standing here can be understood as the one who stays standing, ie: remains the same, unchanged or any other way that is consistent with God’s greatness and with the word standing.

Salaam all and have a great day

Hussein

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