Ilm al-Jafr (‫)علم الجفر‬

An alternative version of the abjad

sequence, based on the name of Imam
Hasan ibn Ali
Ilm al-Jafr (‫)علم الجفر‬, sometimes pronounced
ilm al-jifr, is a term usually given to a certain
class of Islamic mystical and magical
practices. It encompasses a number of
different disciplines, and has been frequently
studied by both Shi'ite jurists and mystics.
Almost all such practices involve the
permutation of letters, and the divination
practices can be classed as a type of
bibliomancy.
Contents
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1 Defintions

2 Al-Jafr al-Jami'i (‫)الجفر الجامع‬

3 Ta'widh (‫)التعويذ‬

4 Legal Issues

Defintions
Originally, the word jafr means a type of sheep's skin. The original jafr is said to be
a scroll made of sheep's skin that was passed on by the Prophet Muhammad to
Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib. It is reported in a number of hadiths that this text contained
esoteric knowledge concerning all the events that would happen until the Day of
Judgement; all fortune, all misfortune, were all recorded within this scroll.
According to one report, Muhammad and Ali were upon a mountain, when Jibra'il
descended upon them, bringing them a wild, female cow. Ali slaughtered the cow
and tanned the hide, and wrote down everything that was reported to him by
Jibra'il (cf. Rida Hudraj, Kashf al-Asrar al-Khafiyyah, p. 136).
There is another text that is said to contain similar information, known as the white
jafr (‫)الجفر األبيض‬. This is described in a hadith of Imam Ja'far as-Sadiq:
"I posess the white jafr...it is the Psalms of David, the Torah of Moses, the Gospel
of Jesus, and the book of Abraham. It contains all that is permissible and
impermissible, and also contains the Book of Fatimah. It contains everything that
people need from us, and we do not need anybody else."
‫عندي الجفر األبيض (و فيه) زبور داود و توراة موسى و إنجيل عيسى و صحف إبراهيم و الحالل و الحرام و‬
‫مصحف فاطة و فيه ما يحتاج الناس إلينا و ال نحتاج إلى أحد‬
Finally, there is a weapon that is said to be in the possession of the Imam of the
Age which is known as the red jafr (‫)الجفر األحمر‬, and is something that will be used
by the Twelfth Imam after his re-appearance and the establishment of the
Messianic age.
All of these texts are seen to form a special part of the esoteric knowledge of the
Imams, and are references that they use for answering all questions that come
them. They are said to be an inheritance that is passed down from Imam to Imam,
throughout all ages and times. Because of this, many scholars question whether
anybody can have any knowledge of it during the period of the Occultation of the
Twelfth Imam, though many other jurists are reputed to have had at least some
knowledge of these texts and how to use them. The mystical powers associated
with these texts are part of the charisma surrounding many important religious
scholars.
Ilm al-Jafr is also practiced by Sunni scholars, even though the knowledge of it is
usually linked directly to Imam Ali. Shi'ite jafr practices tend to revolve more around
the permutation of letters, whereas Sunni books on the subject tend to revolve
more around the use of ilm ar-raml and the summoning of jinns (‫)تسخير الجان‬.
Many of the practices bear a striking resemblance to Kabbalah, though there is no
doctrine of the ten sephirot involved in Islamic magical practices. Many of the
evocations used for jinns, however, are done in Hebrew or Syriac.

Al-Jafr al-Jami'i (‫)الجفر الجامع‬

The word jafr is also applied to a book that is said to have been the book of Adam.
This book is known as al-jafr al-jam'i (‫)الجفر الجامع‬, or the "complete jafr." Again, it is
said to contain all events fro the beginning of time until the Day of Judgement, in
an encoded form. According to most books of practical mysticism, the book of al-
jafr al-jami'i consists of a series boxes, each box containing four letters. Every line
of the book contains 28 such boxes, and every page of the book contains 28 such
lines, and every book contains 28 such pages. The letters of the boxes are written
in order of the abjad sequence of the Arabic alphabet, which accords with the
sequence of the Hebrew alphabet, plus the additional six letters of the Arabic
alphabet. It is written as follows:
‫ابجدهوزحطيكلمنسعفصقرشتثخذضظغ‬

Each letter in the box represents a position within the overall text. The first letter
represents the book, the second the page, the third the line, and the fourth the box
itself. So, the first box on the first line of the first page of the first book would be:
[‫]اااا‬
The next box in the line would be written:
[‫]اااب‬
The third box would be written:
[‫]اااج‬
And so on and so forth until the final letter in the abjad sequence, ‫غ‬.
The next line would begin similarly; however, the third letter would now be ‫ ب‬,
since this is the second line. So the first box of the second line of the first page of
the first book would be:
[‫]اابا‬
The second box would be:
[‫]اابب‬
The final box of the second line of the first page of the first book would be:
[‫]اابغ‬

Differing methods are used for deciphering this book, and using it to answer
questions about the future, that involve taking the numerical value of the question,
astrological information, and other values, in order to determine which line in the
book is to be referenced. Other methods are then used for determining the answer
in relationship to the question.

Ta'widh (u‫)التعويذ‬
A ta'widh (‫ )تعويذ‬is a type of talisman or amulet that is used for various magical
purposes. The knowledge of making them is usually classed under the rubric of ilm
al-jafr, even though this seems to be largely cultural and has nothing to do with the
original meaning of the word, and the texts that it refers to. Originally the word
comes the phrase ‫عوذ‬, meaning to take refuge; this is because most ta'widhs are
constructed as representations as one of the two chapters of "taking refuge",
chapters 113 and 114 of the Qur'an. A ta'widh is usually made in the form of a
magic square or some other geometric shape. What a person usually does is take
a particular verse of Qur'an or Name of Allah, and total up the numerical value of
its letters. Every letter in the abjad sequence has a numerical value, and so every
verse of Qur'an or Name of Allah can be rendered as a number.

A series of ta'widhs from The Book of Grand Summonings

The numerical value of the letters is as follows:
= ‫ ف‬70 = ‫ ع‬60 = ‫ س‬50 = ‫ ن‬40 = ‫ م‬30 = ‫ ل‬20 = ‫| ك‬- 10 = ‫ ي‬9 = ‫ ط‬8 = ‫ ح‬7 = ‫ ز‬6 = ‫ و‬5 = ‫ ه‬4 = ‫ د‬3 = ‫ ج‬2 = ‫ ب‬1 = ‫ا‬
1000 = ‫ غ‬900 = ‫ ظ‬800 = ‫ ض‬700 = ‫ ذ‬600 = ‫ خ‬500 = ‫ ث‬400 = ‫ ت‬300 = ‫ ش‬200 =‫| ر‬- 100 = ‫ ق‬90 = ‫ ص‬80

For example, the name "Allah" consists of the letters ‫ا ل ل ه‬. Alif = 1, Lam = 30, Lam
= 30, Ha = 50, for a total of 66. A magic square (or sometimes a magic triangle, or
some other shape) is then constructed on the basis of this number, following the
set pattern that is appropriate for the magic square. The most common magic
squares used for talismans are 3x3 or 4x4, though there are many more elaborate
ones that are used by practioners.
ِAn example of a 3x3 taw'dih based on the name of Allah would be as follows.
One takes the numerical value of the name, which is 66. One substracts 12 from it,
leaving 54. One divides 54 by 3, which equals 18. 18 then becomes the base
number for the ta'widh, and a magic square is formed based on that number as
follows:

23 18 25

24 22 20

19 26 21

Notice that the numerical value of every line totals up to 66, the original number
(23+18+25 = 66, 19 + 26 + 21 = 66), and so forth. These letters may sometimes be
converted back into letters. For example, the number 21 which breaks down to 20
and 1 might be rendered as ‫ي ا‬, with 20 = ‫ ي‬and 1 = ‫ا‬. Many ta'widhes involve a
mix of numbers and letters, and will often have other names of Allah encoded in
alphanumeric format surrounding it. Each Divine Name is also said to correspond
to a letter; the name of Allah corresponds to the letter ‫ا‬, the name ar-Rahman (
‫ )الرحمن‬corresponds to the letter ‫ب‬, the name (‫ )الرحيم‬corresponds to the letter ‫ج‬, and
so forth. This means that there are several names that correspond to any person's
given name.
Most practioners will usually recite a name equivalent to its numerical value before
making a taw'dih on that name. This is known in some traditions as a zakah. Many
schools of thought argue that the proper number of recitations is the numerical
value of the name or verse squared; so a person attempting to make the previous
ta'widh would recite the name "Allah" 4356 times.
Names are sometimes reduced numerologically, to come to a single digit. This is
done by adding up the digits of the number progressively until there is only a single
digit left. With the previous example, 66 = 6+6 = 12 = 1+2 = 3. These numbers
then have planetary correspondences. There are a number of different systems
used, some based on Kabbalah, others according more with Indian systems; the
choice depends on the practioner. The planetary correspondences usually used
are:

1 = Sun

2 = Moon

3 = Saturn

4 = Jupiter

5 = Mercury

6 = Venus

7 = Moon

8 = Sun

9 = Mars

This often determines other qualities of the ta'widh, and of the work involved in
making the ta'widh. Each planet has certain correspondences to color, incense,
and element. These correspondences are as follows:

Planetary Correspondences

Planet Color Incense Element

 Sun Yellow Cinammon Fire

Moon Green Camphor Water

Saturn Black Frankinscense Earth/Air

Jupiter Blue Musk Fire/Water

Mercury Turquoise Red Sandalwood Air/Earth

Venus White Sandalwood Earth/Air

Mars Red 'Uud Fire/Water

Each element also has a direction. Water is north, fire is east, earth is south, air is
west. So, in the previous example using the name of Allah, the person would wear
black, burn frankinscense, and face south. The ta'widh may be disposed of
according to its element: a water one tossed in a large body of water, a fire one
burnt, an earth one buried, an air hung in a tree or other high place.
The planetary correspondence of the taw'dih will determine the time in which it is
written. Every day corresponds to a specific planet:

Sunday = Sun

Monday = Moon

Tuesday = Mars

Wednesday = Mercury

Thursday = Jupiter

Friday = Venus

Saturday = Saturn
An artistically rendered taw'dih on the Name of Allah.
The planet is said to be the "Lord" (rabb/ ّ‫ )رب‬of its particular day. So in the previous
example, the ta'widh on the name of "Allah" would be written on Saturday, since
Saturn is the lord of Saturday. The day is further divided into 15 hours (each hour
lasting the total length of the day divided by fifteen), and assigned a planetary
value, in the following sequence:

Sun Venus Mercury Moon Saturn Jupiter Mars

The first hour of the day begins exactly at sunrise (i.e., when the time of fajr has
ended. That hour will correspond to the planet that rules over the day. So, the first
hour after sunrise on Saturday will correspond to Saturn. The next hour will be
Venus, Mercury, the Moon, Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Saturn, and Venus, for fifteen
hours in total. The day ends at astronomical sunset (i.e., the same time that the
time for zuhr and asr ends according to Shi'ite jurisprudence. The night begins,
and the night is similarly set aside into 15 hours, continuing the same sequence
above. Since the last hour of the Saturn day is ruled by Venus, the first night hour
of the following night will be Mercury, then the Moon, then Saturn, and so on. A
practioner will either write the taw'idh in the planetary hour that corresponds to the
planet of the ta'widh, or when the Zoadiac sign that is ruled over by the planet that
corresponds to the taw'idh is ascendant. The hour is in turn divided into 15
segments, exactly like the day; an advanced practioner might time the work to
correspond to the minutes that correspond to the planet, in order to enhance the
power of the ta'widh.
Verses or names are often picked based on their intended function. For example,
the verse "I cast love from myself upon you" (‫ )و ألقيت عليك محبة مني‬from the chapter
Ta Ha might be used for a love spell, or the verse "When I am sick, He cures me" (
‫ )و أذا مرضت فهو يشفين‬might be used to heal a person. Often these verses and amulets
are inscribed upon rings, which are commonly worn by Shi'ite Muslims throughout
the world.
As is the case with many magical systems, the correspondences bear an important
relationship to the discipline of alchemy, which was discussed extensively by Imam
Ja'far as-Sadiq and his student Jabir ibn Hayyan. Many of the paradigms and pre-
requisites to understanding the methodologies of jafr can be found in the Epistles
of Jabir ibn Hayyan. In many ways, the practice of jafr is a subset of alchemy, and
practioners use it in order to make changes within their own internal energy.

Legal Issues
Shi'ite scholars have generally been of the opinion that the practice of jafr is, in and
of itself, permissible. Ayatullah Khu'i, in his Misbah al-Faqahah, goes into a quite
detailed discussion of the various types of magical practices that exist within the
world. He concludes that many practices involve subordination to idols or other
spiritual entitites, and are therefore an act of polytheism. Other systems, he argue,
require a belief in the power of the stars to specifically influence the world, which
he also considers to be a kind of polytheism, insofar as it implies a belief in some
"partners" alongside of God that act independently of Him and rule over the world.
In the conclusion of his discussion, he defines impermissible magic (sihr/‫ )السحر‬as
being "displaying falsehood in the form of truth," using the example of Pharoah's
sorcorers as the prime example of such a practice. If such practices are used for
licit purposes, however, he sees that there is no problem, and they do not qualify
as sihr in and of itself. Such practices may become impermissible from another
legal standpoint, however. If a person used such practices to seduce a woman
from her husband, then it would be impermissible because the goal is
impermissible, not because of the means used to reach that objective.
Category: Mysticism
For Protection against All Major Calamities, enemies and Natural disasters
Prophet Muhammad said to Imam Ali about Protection of All shaitan the accursed
and any harm or Natural disaster, this is a very powerful protection should be done
regularly, every thursday night or friday even once a month.

These are from the Book Serre Muta'ssir

Allah (swt) erases 70,000 of your negative deeds and vices from your scrolls, if
you face any of your enemies in court or in a confrontation, their anger and hearts
will be softened.

Recite the following surah’s, each surah blow in a different direction,

[Surah= Chapter Ayah = Verse]

1st Surah Taubah Ayah 51 [blow in front of you]

2nd Surah Al An-Am Ayat 17 [blow to the back of you]
3rd Surah Hud Ayat 6 [blow above you]
4th Surah Hud Ayat 56 [blow down toward the earth]
5th Surah Ankaboot [the spider] Ayat 60 [blow to the right of you]
6th Surah Al Fatir Ayat 2 [blow left of you]
7th Surah Al Zummar Ayat 38 [blow around your enture body]

This is valuable treasure its benefits cannot be measured in anything tangible, we

offer it to you in the service of the divine.

Benefits of Surah Inshirah

Gives you certainty in all you do

chest pains

depression recite 17 x morning and nightime

safety for travelling particularly on sea

removal of kidney, bladder stones (reciting, writing and drinking the water)
Safe and fast delivery of baby (drinking of water)

Benefits of Surah Shams (repeated recitations)

Any work that needs doing will be done without problem easily

business will prosper

success in all Jobs

Enhanced memory

Cures anxiety and shortness of Breath (writing and drinking the water)

for any important task on wednesday, thursday and friday go in prostration and
recite surah shams as soon as you reach 'falaham'ha' [Ayat 8] then request your
need/desire to Allah (swt) to be fulfilled, then continue to finish the Surah.

Benefits of Surah Al Taka'thur

On monday and wednesday recite 40 x on each day, your sustenance will increase
substantially, you will not be able to perceive the amount keep reciting on the given
days and continuously, it will keep increasing.

For Request Hajaat

Imam Jafar sadiq said to do 22 x Taka'thur with 100 sallevat

'Allah humma sale Allah muhammadin wa'ale muhammad' then ask for your needs

if you recite for the intention of removing a headache, it will be removed

immediately after recitation, tried and tested.

All benefits have been tried and tested by many they bring success in worldly
matter, raise and elevate your spiritual levels, improve your health and cure
sickness, everything is available from the Qu'ran and Imam Jafar Sadiq's esoteric
knowledge (Teb in the qu'ran:Quranic medicine)

The Serre Muta'sirr is based on a combination of the essence of the Qu'ran, Mahfiti
Jinaan [key to the heavens] Sheikh Bahaii's personal research into the knowledges
of Talisman ABJD squares aka Magickal squares with Names of Allah and divine
number placement
Planetary Numbers and Planetary Squares

Each planet is attributed a number which reflects its vibration. In addition, each
planetary number is the basis of a planetary square in which the numbers are
arranged in a very peculiar way: In a planetary square or magical square, the sum
of each row, column, and diagonal is always the same. Each planet has four
specific numbers: the first number is the number of the planet. The second is its
square, which is the number of the planet multiplied by itself. The third number is
the sum of a column, row, or diagonal, and the fourth number is the sum total of all
numbers in the square.

SATURN

4 9 2
3 5 7
8 1 6

Number of Saturn:3 The square: 9 Sum of the column, etc. : 15 Sum of all
numbers: 45 The four Numbers of Saturn: 3,9, 15, and 45.

JUPITER

4 14 15 1
9 7 6 12
5 11 10 8
16 2 3 13

16 11 6 1
5 2 15 12
3 8 9 14
10 13 44 7
 1 15 4 14
12 6 9 7
13 3 16 2
8 10 5 11

Numbers of Jupiter: 4, 16, 34, and 136

MARS

11 24 7 20 3
4 12 25 8 16
17 5 13 21 9
10 18 1 14 22
23 6 19 2 15

Numbers or Mars: 5, 25, 65, 325

SUN

6 32 3 34 35 1
7 11 27 28 8 30
19 14 16 15 23 24
18 20 22 21 17 13
 25 29 10 9 26 12
36 5 33 4 2 31

Numbers of the Sun: 6, 36, 111, 666

VENUS

22 47 16 41 10 35 4
5 23 48 17 42 11 29
30 6 24 49 18 36 12
13 31 7 25 43 19 37
38 14 32 1 26 44 20
21 39 8 33 2 27 45
46 15 40 9 34 3 28

Numbers of Venus: 7, 49, 175, 1225

MERCURY

8 58 59 5 4 62 63 1
49 15 14 52 53 11 10 56
41 23 22 44 45 19 18 48
32 34 35 29 28 38 39 25
40 26 27 37 36 30 31 33
17 47 46 20 21 43 42 24
9 55 54 12 13 51 50 16
64 2 3 61 60 6 7 57

Numbers of Mercury: 8, 64, 260, 2080

MOON

37 78 29 70 21 62 13 54 5
 6 38 79 30 71 22 63 14 46
47 7 39 80 31 72 23 55 15
16 48 8 40 81 32 64 24 56
57 17 49 9 41 73 33 65 25
26 58 18 50 1 42 74 34 66
67 27 59 10 51 2 43 75 35
36 68 19 60 11 52 3 44 76
77 28 69 20 61 12 53 4 45

Numbers of the Moon: 9, 81, 369, 3321

It is important that you learn well the planetary correlations with metals, colors, and
numbers. Ideally, you should take one sheet for each planet, and write on it: Name
of the planet, action, metal, color, numbers, and magical square. In the coming
lesson, you will first learn about the intelligences (spirits), archangels, Divine
names, etc. of each planetary talisman, including their seals, or symbolic
representations. Then, in the second part of the lesson, you will actually make a
planetary talisman of your choice.