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by
Robert Kerson
8/11/2012
The Quran has a mystery of disconnected letters at the beginning of a number of Surahs
(Chapters). Over the centuries many attempts have been made to explain this. What I purpose is
another in a long line of attempts done over many centuries. The reader must be aware this is
presented as a theory, and as such is only as strong in making a case as the evidence I am
presenting. It was never considered possible to explain the Muqattaat in a unified and in a
completely comprehensive manner. But this paper does just that with statistical, geometric and
mathematical proofs.
The theory that the letters were old abbreviations of the Basmalah has a number of problems
to overcome: explaining why the number of Surahs having groups of two to five Muqattaatt
letters were the same number of letters constituting the 28 letter alphabet? Why did an additional
single unique letter (nuun) making a total of 29 Muqattaat letters correspond with the addition of
a single unique special letter called hamza to the 28 regular letter alphabet making a total of 29
letters? Why were the number of alphabet letters used exactly half the number of regular letters
(14 is half of 28)? Another example of the use of the number 14 concerns the grouping of letters.
Why were the letters grouped from single letters, two letters, three letters, four letters, and five
letter combinations?1. This paper easily answers all of these questions and more.
This requires the current new Arabic alphabetic order (called the hija`i order) an ordering of
the alphabet which groups letters by similar appearance.
1. With a pen draw this alphabetic order of letters in a particular arranged pattern which I have
rediscovered residing in a non- Arabic source predating the Quran by many centuries and also
being utilized by a number of different cultures. (These facts are fully discussed in my book. I
have not made up conceived this pattern by any means.) I call this the Cos2 Pattern (see Fig. 1).
The Mysterious letters of the Koran. Old Abbreviations of the Basmalah, James A.
Bellamy, Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 93, no 3(Jul-Sept.), 1973, pp. 267-285
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2. Taking the abbreviated Letters (the Muqatta`at), line by line as written in Quran, without
lifting the pen between letters draw lines from each of the twelve points representing each
grouping of two or three letters in the Cos Pattern. The resulting design3 is a solution. Thus you
would draw the letters Alif, laam, miim r q U a line from the letter Alif ( U ) grouping to the
letter laam ( q ) grouping, and without lifting the pen draw another line from the letter laam ( q )
to the letter miim ( r ). ( see Fig. 2).
The design drawn out is not a real image of any living thing and hence is not an offence
to the Quran. The design has even less realism then can be seen in images of animals such as
lions drawn out of strokes of Arabic letters which was and still is an ancient art form. Also, the
drawings are very crude for example, the descending dove has no feathers or joints drawn, the
body has no head nor feet nor even a body but consists merely of a vertical stroke to represent the
body of a dove.
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The next line repeats the first, so no change occurs in the drawing. The reputation of lines allows
the final count to be 29 lines, the significance of which will be discussed later.
The next line creates the closed pattern h r q U
Fig. 3. Letters alif laam miim saad draws out these letters
Previously drawn lines shown dashed. New drawn line shown solid.
Note the perfect pattern of creating one wing then another of a descending dove created by the
letters in Surahs 2, 3, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15, a major proof this was not a random use of
letters, but a definite geometrical plan.
The entire pattern can be drawn out without repetitions by 11 lines which are found in the
following Surahs (Chapters) 2, 7, 10, 13, 19, 26, 38, 40, 42, 50, 68.
Fig. 6. The full completed pattern (This figure is redrawn in the appendix to show the
mirror image of two of the lines.)
color coding described in text.
If you do not know the Cos Pattern nor do you know that the hijai alphabetic pattern must be
laid out on the Cos Pattern, and that the abbreviated letters are used to draw connecting lines, then
the letters are a complete mystery as you are lacking the keys. Letters are not abbreviations, nor do
they represent numbers. They simple are placed to create the above pattern. If the alphabet order
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were different, other letters in place would still create this same pattern.
I can subdivide the pattern into the following six parts: the Descending Dove (D. Dove) [black
lines], the Moses snake/staff addlines [red lines], the Leaf Line [light blue line], the two
ambiguous ink spots [yellowish circles], and the single fish/pen unambiguous Ink Spot [blue
spot]. Note- the Leaf Line is not drawn after the D. Dove lines but after the Addlines, which
means the doves image does not have a leaf in its mouth until after the extra addlines are added.
This makes the image even less representational of a descending dove holding an olive leaf in its
mouth.
The lines drawing the Descending Dove created the pattern of a dove at the moment of
touchdown with wings uplifted. This dove involves the story of Jonah (a dove in Hebrew and
Arabic) and a great fish. A particular olive leaf bearing dove is described in the Torahs story of
Noah and the great flood. The Moses snake/staff add lines draws out a pattern of an upright staff
thrown down on the ground to become a horizontal snake, then changing back into the upright
staff. A letter meaning snake is one of the letters drawing out this snake. A single line in the
beak of the dove, can be seen as an olive leaf in the beak of the descending dove (D. Dove). Two
single Arabic letters will draw out two ambiguous ink spots, i.e. they may be part of the D. Dove
or part of the addline portion of the design. A single letter meaning fish or pen appearing
nowhere else in the letter order, draws out a single penned unambiguous ink spot (this ink spot
was neither an add line nor a line making the descending dove.)
(Because the serpent- cobra like addlines are somewhat hard to envision, I have put them
separately here. Note how near vertical staff can be lowered to the ground and vice versa. Also
note how the cobra like head seems to stretch out on the ground.)
Fig. 6a. Detail of addlines a snake into a staff
Which letters were chosen and which were rejected may have been chosen by the following
method:
1. The total number of letters used in the Muqatta`at is half the number of letters in the alphabet-14-- or half of 28 (a special letter called hamza ( ) or 29th letter and the significance of the
numbers 14, 28, and 29 will be detailed later. )
2. The letters X Z c e k u ( these letters are the 3rd, 5th, 9th, 11th, 17th , and 27th letters of this
alphabetic order) were rejected because they are in groups not part of the line pattern.
3. Of the letters which are in groups connecting lines, only letters of a unique shape or dot free
forms of letters were chosen. This allows thirteen letters: w o r q p h j h f d b ` U
4. These letters were mandatory: s because the letter means fish and pen and the design was
drawn by a pen and fish is important as explained later. j because the letter means snake and a
snake / staff of Moses are in the design as explained later. The letter o also was mandatory to be
used as a letter because it was needed to complete the drawing of the lined figure. Thus this three
letter grouping unitizes each of the three letters in order from left to right.
We now have a total of 15 letters: w o s r q p o h j h f d b ` U If one letter was
removed the total would be 14 letters, but which one to remove?
5. The mirror image of the letter o on the Cos Pattern is the letter b . As we added the former
letter, so they could have removed the latter. Now we have a total of 14 letters which are:
w o o s r q p h j h f d ` U which are the 14 letters used in the Qurans Segment
Letters.
Noting the existence of the following absolute rule offers very important proof that I am
duplicating the Segment Letters as they were first worked 1600 years ago. (Turn to Fig. 1 and
Table 1 for all of the following.) The rule: In any location having two or more Segment Letters,
the letters always are introduced (first letter to be written) line by line in the Qur'an left to right.
Examples: Laam( q ) is introduced before Qaaf ( p ), which reads before Kaaf ( o ) at location in
bottom row. Examination of Table 1 from line (29) to line (1) reveals the proceeding sentence is
true. The reader can find many more examples of introducing new letters left to right. This rule of
introducing letters left to right is never violated.
The statistical probability of this being do to random chance is 1 chance in 1x10 13. This is
even more remarkable considering the alphabetic order in Figs. 1 and 6 is reading left to right in
the top half and is reading right to left in the bottom half. But the line by line rule consistently
introduces letters left to right, reversing the alphabetic order of the bottom half.
Table 1
Table is fully discussed within the text.
First column
The counting pattern of 2-7-2-7-2 consecutive lines.
Second column - Surah number. Adding twelve to previous numbers are shown with
fancy brackets { }. The pattern is advanced by 11 lines shown in
bold.
Third column - Type of line shown color coded as in Fig. 6.
Fourth column- Arabic letters per Surah number. Asterisk on two related Surahs.
Fifth ColumnLeft hand side shows GoRound number. Right hand side shows in
round brackets the first 14 numbers of first and second
GoRounds and single number in third GoRound. The square
brackets show the total Go Round count.
count lines
Surah number
type of line
(color coded)
Surah letters
GoRound/counts
2 {2+12=14}
D. Dove
rqU
(1) [1]
D. Dove
rqU
(2) [2]
D. Dove
hrqU
10
D. Dove
11
(3) [3]
dqU
(4) [4]
D. Dove
dqU
(5) [5]
12
D. Dove
dqU
(6) [6]
13
D. Dove
d rq U
(7) [7]
14 {14 +12=26}
D. Dove
dqU
(8)
[8]
15
D. Dove
dqU
(9)
[9]
19
Snake/Addline
hlw o p
(10) [10]
20
Snake/Addline
o j
(11) [11]
26 {26+12=38}
Snake/Addline
rf j
(12) [12]
27
Snake/Addline
f j
(13) [13]
28
Snake/Addline
r f j
(14) [14]
29
D. Dove
rqU
(1)
30
D. Dove
rqU
(2) [16]
31
D. Dove
rqU
(3) [17]
32
D. Dove
rqU
(4) [18]
[15]
36
Snake/Addline
fw
---------
37 skip a space
38 {38+12=50}
Ambiguous ink
spot on line
pattern
39 skip a space
40
Leaf Line
r `
(7) [21]
41
Leaf Line
r `
(8) [22]
42
r `
(9) [23]
-----------
(5) [19]
(6) [20]
of l
addline. Three
letters finish
connecting
design on feet of
dove
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43
Leaf Line
r `
(10) [24]
44
Leaf Line
r `
(11) [25]
45
Leaf Line
r `
(12) [26]
46
Leaf Line
r `
(13) [27]
50
Ambiguous ink
spot on line
pattern
(14)[28]
68 {56+12 = 68}
Unambiguous
The Ink Spot
(1) [29]
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The segment letters were composed of single letters, two letters combinations, three letters
combinations, four letter combinations, and five letter combinations within 29 surahs (chapters or
) as shown in Table 1.
Just as letters may be placed on the Cos Pattern, so too can numbers be placed on the same
pattern. Below is the counting of numbers from 1 to 180. The Cos Pattern is drawn as red lines.
There is a theory that the letters are initials of the compilers of the surahs. This is highly
unlikely since I have demonstrated the letters are following a specific order to draw out this
pattern. This is most noticeable in with the placement of the letters o and s.
Likewise, the specific order of surahs having these letters as detailed in the next section
makes it highly unlikely this was randomly arranged.
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Twenty eight numbers will count out one repetition around the twelve two and three groupings of
this pattern. I call each row a GoRound. The following table shows first five GoRounds starting
at the lowest or the first GoRound row having the numbers 1 through 28. A number of important
facts are revealed.
1. The first GoRound row of 28 numbers also can represent the 28 letters of the Alphabet. The
first number of the second GoRound row 29 can be a 29th letter. This letter, as seen in Fig. 1,
rides or is seen placed over number 1 the letter alif ( U ) (This letter occupies the position of the
tip of a cows horn. The letter means cow. Surah 2 is called the Cow. This position can also be
the base of a house and the non Abbreviated Letter meaning house or bet is at this position.) A
special Arabic 29th letter does exist which does in fact, have to ride over the alif ( U ) . This letter
called the hamza cannot exist without being attached to another letter. The design may be the
germinal idea for the hamza. ( ) The hamza riding over the alif looks like this : Q .
beginning number
ending number
first
second
29
56
third
57
84
fourth
85
112
fifth
113
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2. The start of the second GoRound begins with the number 29, followed by 30. These are the
important numbers of days within one month or the number of days the moon takes to repeat a
phase. If we see what numbers are directly above these two numbers in the fifth GoRound row,
we reach the numbers 113 and 114. Likewise the number ending the previous fourth GoRound
row is 112. The Quran nominally is composed of 112 (the end of the fourth GoRound) Surahs or
with two 113 and 114 closing the entire book. (Indeed, early copies did have 112 Surahs since
two Surahs 93/94 and 105/106 were once combined. As in the pattern, numbers 113 and 114 are
linked as the start of the fifth GoRound row, so also were Surahs 113 and 114 linked in the
Quran. Thus the major fact that there are exactly 114 is very significant because this matches
perfectly the numbering on this pattern. (The fifth GoRound is important as the number 5 is also
the number to times one is to pray daily.)
The number of surahs having letters is 29 or one GoRound plus the first number of the second
GoRound (28+1= 29). Then there are three more GoRounds plus the first two numbers of the fifth
GoRound makes the entire book [112 +(113 and 114)]. The number of surahs having letters is
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about 1/4 the total number of surahs, but it also can be seen in terms of GoRounds.
Table 1 shows which of the 29 Surahs have letter combinations. Table 1 and Fig. 7 above
shows where these Surahs are located on the Cos Pattern. A very important fact is revealed. In the
first GoRound there are 14 numbers, in the second GoRound there are 14 numbers, and in the
third GoRound row there is one number. The number 14 is important because there are exactly
14 letters making up the (and also the number of days in half a month). We can say that the
number 14 is half the number of letters in the Arabic alphabet (14+14=28). If we add the single
letter hamza( ) as the 29th letter, we get 14 +14+1= 29. This is identical with the Surah count
of 14 letters in the first GoRound row, 14 letters in the second, and 1 in the third.
Another important use of the number 14 is that the fourteenth letter of this order is the letter
saad ( h ) which happens to be one of three single letters in the Muqattaat. (The other two are
Kaaf
( o ) the final letter completing the drawing of the line design [D.Dove, Addlines, Leaf Line,
Ambigous spots] and the final letter of the pattern the nuun ( s ) which creates the final drawing-the Ink Spot.)
The former two letters of the line design also has a unique property: excluding the short central
horizontal Leaf Line (drawn by haa miim ( r ` ) seen in the bottom design, you can start at the
grouping where the right hand letter is Saad ( h ) seen as the upper left hand spot position in the
top design, you can draw the entire line pattern without ever lifting the pen or retracing over a
line, to reach the right hand letter Kaaf ( o ) seen as the lower spot position in the top design. (see
Fig. 8 below)
Fig. 8.
Full pattern below includes Leaf Line and Ink Spot. Top pattern lacks these two
elements.
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h after d q U . If we count 7 consecutive Surahs starting on from 7--- (7, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
we reach another four letter Surah (15) which adds the letter d after the letters r q U . These are
the only two Surahs consisting of four letters. They are at the start and finish of this 7 count. The
added fourth letters are both in top corners of the Cos Pattern (see Fig. 3, 5, 6), and they both
make up the two tips of the doves wings. We have concluded drawing the dove and will
commence drawing out the Addlines starting with another group of 2 Surahs (19, 20). If we
examine the single 5 letters and two letters of Surah 19 and 20, you will notice they appear to
have some different letters, but when you examine Figs. 6 and 6a you will note that they both are
drawing out an identical segment of the starting five letter addline! Surah 20 has the letter
j which in Arabic means snake. This letter draws the addline snake. Also all three Surahs in the
Quran mentioning Moses staff and snakes (20, 27, and 28) have this letter which is very
significant. Next we count another 7 consecutive Surahs starting at Surah 26. Why number 26?
Remember we have to use Surah numbers 2, 14, 26, 38, and 50. These 7 Surahs (do not seem to
fit the pattern, but something else is occurring. The first three consecutive Surahs (26, 27, 28)
draw addlines. The last four consecutive Surahs (29, 30,31,32) draw out D.Dove lines. The
division between addline and D.Dove occurs exactly at the end of the first GoRound and the
beginning of the second (number 28 is the last number of the first Goround and 29 is the first
number of the second. See Fig. 6 and Table 2 ). Also if you count you will notice these are the 14
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Surahs of the first GoRound (2, 3, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 19, 20, 26, 27, 28).
Surah 26 has the letter j and surah 36 w has a different letter, but both letters draw out the
same line making the horizontal line at bottom of the design.
Now you will count the 14 Surahs of the second GoRound starting on 29. There are four
consecutive numbers (29, 30, 31, 32 ) repeating the first letter sequence of D. Dove lines. This
concludes this grouping of 7 Surahs. Next comes a grouping to 2 consecutive Surahs. One line
must have the number 38 as it is one of the 6 mandatory numbers 2, 14, 26, 38, 50.
If we were to count backwards from 38 and skip one number 37 we would reach number 36 a
single addline after a group of D.Dove lines. So we have the pattern of alternating D.Dove lines
with Addlines. Surah 36 is a special surah as it is considered the heart of the Quran in which all
major themes are contained within. (This surah is named for its abbreviated letters and not named
as a word.) Next we arrive at surah 38, the first important single letter h , one of three letters as
discussed previously in this paper.
Next comes the final group of 7 Surahs. Here we have the single Olive Leaf Line held in the
beak of the descending dove. The Leaf Line is draw out by the two letters r ` . (The letter r
means water in Hebrew and in Egyptian hieroglyphs. This letter has an association with water
because the olive leaf carried by a dove meant the waters of the flood was drying up. Thus a
number of letters have meanings which match the design seen in Fig. 6 and their respective Arabic
letters match details giving in their respective Surahs; Cow--snake fish water--- all are
discussed in this paper. These are further proofs my theory of the Abbreviated Letters is valid.)
Here are very important facts which help to prove this paper correctly explains the Muqattaat.
Look at the Leaf Line drawn by the letters r ` in Fig. 6. Now compare it with the locations of
the 7 Surahs which draw out this line (40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46) in Fig. 7. They are identical
locations on the Cos Pattern! Number 40 is the left most number of its grouping and number 46
is the right most number if its grouping. This will not work with any other arrangement such as
utilizing Surahs 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45 or Surahs 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47 since the former is
out of the two groupings, and the latter goes beyond the starting number of this grouping which is
46. Another fact: If you examine the design of the Cos Pattern, you will notice after the
numbering of 40, 41, 42, the line goes on a diagonal to numbers 43, 44, 45, 46 then a vertical line
up to number 46. Thus the numbering of the Surahs follows the design of the Cos Pattern and
is a major piece of evidence that the Cos Pattern existed and was utilized in the Muqattaat.
Surah 42 presents another major piece of evidence. This is the second 5 letter arrangement
(The other is the start of drawing Addlines in Surah 19.) This arrangement has the Leaf Line
drawing by two letters above three letters. The last letter ends in o. All three letters are o f l
. These three letters draw out the final lines of the figure with the final letter actually completing
the pattern. Now examine Fig. 6 and you will notice the head of the dove has the two letters r `
drawing out the Leaf Line, and the feet position of the dove has the three letters o f l
drawing out the final addlines completing the pattern. Thus the five letters of two above three you
see in the Quran are the actual arrangement of these same two above and three below for a
total of five letters made visible in Figs. 6 and 9 and 9a. These five letters in Surah 42 hold
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another important fact: this is the only place were the lines drawn match the lines of the Cos
Pattern. For example the letters alif laam draws a diagonal line not matching any line of the Cos
Pattern , but only here, the vertical line from the letters laam q to miim r does match a line of the
Cos Pattern. The letters r ` to o f l are on the same vertical line. (See Figs. 9 and 9a)
Also, the two letters which are in combination with other letters and are also found as single
letters h o (the ambiguous letters in table 1), are found at the top (the head of the descending
dove) and bottom (the feet of the descending dove) of the design and are on either side of the leaf
line r ` as if framing the leaf line.
The letters o f l are the last of the addlines after the final grouping of D.Dove and Addline
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Also the letter sequence is r ` and not ` r . The lines are always drawn toward the dove and
never away from it.
Next we come to the final Surah from the first and second GoRounds the mandatory number
50. (2, 14, 26, 38, 50 ). (see Figs. 1, 10 and Table 1) First notice these are 5 numbers where the
number 5 is very important as it is the number of times one is to pray daily.
Also note that we find the second of the three single letters o the final letter within Surah 42
and as a single letter in Surah 50. Thus the line figure is drawn completed. No new letter
combinations occur between Surah 42 and 50. Again, as with the letter h , ( occurring as a
single letter in Surah 38) we would see this as a drawn ambiguous ink spot can be part of the D.
Dove or part of the Moses snake/staff addlines.
Finally we come to the final piece of the Muqattaat. (see Fig. 10) We have 14 Surah numbers in
the first GoRound row, and another 14 Surah numbers in the second making a total of 28 Surahs.
A single Surah can be added to make 29 Surahs, identical with the added hamza making the
29th letter of the alphabet. This Surah must be a number within the third GoRound row (a number
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greater than 56 see table 2). I believe someone took the last number of the second GoRound row - the number 56 and added the number 12 as shown previously with the additions of 12 starting on
the number 2. The number then becomes 56 + 12= 68 falling within the third Goround row.
Notice in Figs. 7 and 9, a grouping has the numbers 7 in the first GoRound row, 40, 41, 42, in the
second, and 68 in the third.
A single letter nuun ( s ) meaning fish or pen is in-- yes-- Surah 68 (This Surah talks about
Jonah the word means dove and he was the friend of a fish). If a single new letter is used it may
or may not connect with any of the lines drawn in previous lines. Since this letter is not paired
with any other in the Muqattaat, this letter must be drawn as an ink spot not connected to any
line.
Surah 68 is the location of the second oldest revelation revealed to Mohammed. If we add to 84,
the last number of third GoRound row, the number 12, we get 84+12=96 a number in the fourth
GoRound row. This number can be seen directly over number 68 in Fig. 7. As Surah 68 has the
second oldest revelation, so also does Surah 96 have the very first revelation revealed to
Mohammed. Notice the tie in between the placements of these important Surahs both having a
connection with the Abbreviated Letter Muqattaat. Although no number within the fourth
GoRound exists in the Muqattaat, the number 96 does have a hidden association with the last
Surah of the Muqattaat Surah 68.
Another relationship between Surah 68 and 96 is that the word pen on the Abbreviated Letter
nuun ( s ) in Surah 68 occurs in the beginning of Surah 96 where the word pen is written.
The preceding facts help to demonstrate that the Surahs of the Quran were laid out using the
principles demonstrated in this paper and go far beyond the statistical probability of being pure
chance.
The pattern of Fig. 6 is composed of 13 lines and adding the nuun (s ) ink spot we get a 14th
part. This pattern also is composed of a single line, two line combinations, three line
combinations, four line combinations, and five line combinations just as the Abbreviated Letter
Muqattaat is composed of single letters, two letter combinations, three letter combinations, four
letter combinations, and five letter combinations. (Also the pattern is composed of no (0) lines
which matches Surahs having no (0) letters.)
Here are important facts concerning these letters (see table 1): The D. Dove begins with the
letter alif (U ). The first wing of the descending dove is closed by the letter saad ( h ) in surah 7.
Both letters occupy the same location. The first addline begins with the letter p and ends with
the letter o both letters occupy the same location. These two letters h and o are singles
classified as ambiguous since they can be either part of the D. Dove or addline part of the pattern.
If a random pattern other then the Cos Pattern was to be chosen, or if another
arrangement of the alphabet were to be laid out on the Cos Pattern, the resulting design
would be a random series of lines and not the perfect design of Fig. 6. This strengthens the
argument, Fig. 6 is the correct design. Also it shows the series of letters such as alif, laam,
miim( r q U ) etc. is the correct letters needed to create Fig. 6, since thousands of other
groupings of letters would never create this exact design.
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[There are other letters which can create the design, such as substituting ( n q g ) for ( r q U )
].
Fig. 10. Surah number locations on the Cos Pattern
The first or lowest GoRound is highlighted in red. The second GoRound up over the first is
highlighted in blue. The third GoRound over the second has only one number shown drawn in
green with a yellow background. The 14 numbers (2, 3, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 19, 20,
26, 27, 28) in the first GoRound are shown with red dots. The 14 numbers (29, 30, 31, 32,
36, 38, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 50 ) in the second GoRound are shown with blue dots.
Only one Surah number ( 68) exists, the highest or last number in the third GoRound shown
with a green dot.
Taken from
chapter 6 of my
book Sacred
Stones Sacred
Stories vol. 1.
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Fig. 12. Counting multiples of the number 19. Shown next to green dots.
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Notice the Cos Pattern having numbers placed on it, contains 12 groupings at each of the 12
locations of the pattern.
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The lower numbered Surahs are a hodge podge of a few (2 or 3 adjacent) interspersed First,
Second, Third, and Medinah Surahs. Beginning with Surah 57 and ending at Surah 66, a large
number (10) of adjacent Medinah Surahs were laid out in the Quran. Beginning with Surah 77 and
ending at Surah 114 a large number (10 or more adjacent) First Meccan Surahs were laid out in the
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Quran. These Surahs of the First Meccan period have two Surahs interspersed with two Medinah
Surahs. (These First period Surahs are characteristically short in length.)
The Ten Medinah Surahs on the Cos Pattern 4
The Ten Medinah Surahs are shown below in Fig. 15. Notice we go from 57 to 66 through five
groupings. The number five is significant as it is the number of times one is to pray daily. Also note
that the locations of the starting and finishing numbers (57 and 66) occupy the same locations in the
two groupings of numbers both are directly above the other in the left hand columns. I believe these
were deliberately chosen to place these ten Medinah Surahs on the Cos Pattern here.
Fig. 15. The ten adjacent Medinah Surahs counting Medinah Surahs shown red dots
with horizontal black line
The Long adjacent numbering of first Mecca Surahs on the Cos Pattern
(See Figs. 16, 17 and Table 3 below for this discussion.) Beginning with Surah 77 we have all
Surahs, with two exceptions, being from the First or Early Meccan Period. The two exceptions are at
numbers 98 and 110 which are from the Medinah Period.
Looking at where these two Surahs fall, we note they are at identical right most positions within an
inner three numbered row and an outer three numbered row. Note they also are at the top rows of the
groupings.
The first number 98 is the center most number (at a count of 14 numbers) as given in the
Chronological order of the Surahs from Medinah. In the Cos Pattern number 98 is in the center most
three numbers per row grouping.
The second number 110 is the outer most number (at a count of another 14 numbers) for a total of 28
numbers from the first number. Remember that in the Arabic alphabet, the final 28th letter is the last
letter of the first GoRound, then the number 29 begins the second GoRound. The number 110 is in the
same grouping as the final letter 28 ending the first GoRound as seen in Figs. 16, 17. These two
numbers are not randomly chosen but present in the Cos Pattern.
Also, the two Medinah Surahs forms a true pattern. Look at Fig. 16. note the pattern of two single
red dots and not single red dot and three red dots, or a red dot and a yellow dot which truly would
appear to be a random arrangement.
Table 3
Chronological Order of Medinah Surahs5
Chronological Order
Surah number
Name of Surah
al-Baqarah
al- Antfal
al-Imran
33
al-Ahzab
60
Mumtahanah
al- Nisa
99
al- Zilzal
57
al-Hadid
47
Muhammad
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29
10
13
ar-Ra`d
11
55
ar- Rahman
12
76
ad- Dahr
13
65
at-Talaq
14
98
al-bayyinah
(15) 1
59
al- Hashr
(16) 2
24
an-Nur
(17) 3
22
al-Hajj
(18) 4
63
al-Munafiqun
(19) 5
58
al-Mujadilah
(20) 6
49
al-Hujurat
(21) 7
66
at-Tahrim
(22) 8
64
at-Taghabun
(23) 9
61
as-Saff
(24) 10
62
al-Jumu`ah
(25) 11
48
al-Fath
(26) 12
al-Ma`idah
(27) 13
at-Taubah
(28)
14
110
an-Nasr
Now we come to a very important discussion concerning these two Surahs. The number 98 is the
right hand top position of the fourth GoRound, in the middle grouping (six groupings from the first
which is the left top group of numbers having 1, 13, 14, in the first GoRound (bottom row),
The last Revelation was Surah 110 that means although Surah 110 was not the last Surah in the
Quran, it was the last one revealed which can be called Medinah_(28) (there were 28 in total as you
can see in the above table). This Surah is in the last of the twelve groupings of the Cos Pattern in the
right hand top row of the fourth GoRound. Directly opposite in the left hand top row of the fourth
GoRound is the number 112 The last Surah of text not being the closing sequence of 113 and 114.
Note that the placement of the final Medenah revelation is placed by the Cos Pattern at a significant
location of the Quran.
I find it curious and possibly significant that there are a total of 28 Medinah Surahs, exactly the
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Fig. 16. The Continuous numbers of the First Meccan Period with two Medinah
Period numbers. First Meccan Period Surahs are shown as black dots. Medinah Period Surahs
are shown as red dots with horizontal black line. ( Numbers refer to Surahs. Thus, Surah 96 is
from the first
Meccan period.)
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Fig. 17. The sixth and twelfth groupings on the Cos Pattern.
From the above figure, in the sixth groupings, is the Medinah Surah number 98 at the top right hand
corner of the third GoRound, shown within a red square. The opposite left hand corner has the number
96 shown within a black square. This is the location of the first revelation called the Clot. Below it in
the vertical row of the third GoRound, shown within a dotted black square, is the number 68, which is
the final Surah of the Abbreviated Letter Muqattaat having the single letter nuun ( s ). This is also the
second oldest revelation. Below this number in the second GoRound is the number 40, also within a
dotted black square is the number 40 where the sequence of the Ha miim ( r ` ) letters begins.
Here we also see the twelfth grouping. Note the analogous number 110 at the top right hand coorner
of the third GoRound, shown with a red square. The opposite left hand corner has the number 112 in
the third GoRound, shown within a black square. This number is the end of the core of the book. In the
same vertical row in the first GoRound is the number 28 drawn within a black dotted square. this
number is the last letter of the Arabic Alphabet before the 29th special letter hamza above in group 1
(see Fig. 17). Note the symmetry of the red and black squares. Note that there is an association with
the placing of the first two in the middle sixth groupings, and the final revelation in the last
twelfth grouping of the Cos Pattern. Also note there are associations of these numbers with the
order of the Arabic alphabet.
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Number Of Days In Month And Chronological Order Both Hidden In Cos Pattern
If we label the Chronological order of Surahs filling horizontal rows of two and three number
groupings, the results would be Fig. 18 below. The top most row is ambiguous as it may or may not
be counted. Since the row has three numbers 113, 114, and 115, we may not count this as a row, since
this row is not filled as is the row having the numbers 85, 85, 87 or the row having the numbers 94,
95. The number 115 is not a Surah number since the highest or final Surah number is 114. Then if we
count the number of filled rows, we find a total of 29 filled rows.
But if we consider that no Surah 115 exists in the Quran, then this top row only have the numbers
113, 114 and in terms of the Quran, this row may be counted. Now the total number of filled rows is
30. These numbers 29 and 30 are the number of days within one month or the number of days it takes
for the moon to go from new moon to new moon etc.
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Fig. 18.
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which has the Muquattaat single letter Kaaf ( o ). If we were to add the number 12 to the number 56,
we would reach the number 68 which has the single Muquattaat letter nuun ( s ). Each of the three
single letters within the Muquattaat are in this arrangement which seems to be deliberately chosen.
Remember, there are only these three single letters and no other letters in the Muqattaat.
If we were to add 40 numbers to the number 28, we would reach the number 68 having the letter
nuun ( s ) with all of its features such as being the only location of this single letter at the last surah
having letters.
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37
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We now draw as we drew previously in Fig. 6, the Abbreviated Letters from each of these seven
Sajda Surahs. To do this we, look up all the letters for each of these Surahs in table 1. Take for
example Surah 27 has the letters taa siin ( f j ). The resulting design makes the black lines and ink
spot seen in Fig. 20.
We can also use Ayat numbers. There is a non- Abbreviated Letter Surah having the important Ayat
number 50 which does have Abbreviated Letters. If we look up in table 1 the number 50, in the Surah
column we find the single ink spot letter Kaaf ( o ). We draw this in Fig. 20b as a red ink spot where
the letter exists in the Cos Pattern. (See Figs. 1 and 6) Thus Sajda draws the Descending Dove, the
Leaf Line, part of the addlines, and two ink spots.
If we compare the full Abbreviated Letter Muqattaat in Fig. 6 with the portion of the Muqattaat
Sajda draws seen in Fig. 20b, you will note only three lines and an ink spot are missing. The missing
parts would be made up with Surahs 28, 42, 68.
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see Fig. 23c in app endix for a redraw of Fig. 23a to make this figure more understandable.
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The design of Figs. 23a, and the redrawn 23c version are composed of lines with four superimposed
ink spots which looks like a number of connecting lines with some ink spots. The germinal idea of the
tree of life sephirot is the same: ten ink spots with connecting lines.
Another similarity of the sephirot in Fig. 23b with Figs. 23a and 23c is that the design of Figs. 23a
and the redrawn 23c version are composed of 18 lines plus 4 ambiguous ink spots making a total of 22
parts the same number of letters as in the Hebrew alphabet. Also the sephirot pattern of Fig. 23b is
comprised of 22 connecting lines.
The Sign of the Fish is in the Abbreviated Letters of Arabic Alphabet placed on the Cos Pattern
An ancient pagan mark and also a sacred Christian sign for Christ was that of a fish. This fish was
also the geometric design called the Vesica Piscis. A Vesica Piscis can be drawn on the three by four
location grid upon which the Cos Pattern can be laid out. (see Fig. 24)
The letter nuun, which can mean fish and also pen, does makes the head of a fish. This fish is the
sacred Vesicus Piscis sign of the fish. See how in Fig. 1, the 25th letter of the Arabic alphabet is the
letter nuun ( s ) which occupies the same position as the head of the fish in the figure below. This is in
the 9th grouping seen in Fig. 13. In Fig. 6, this 25th letter nuun ( s ) makes the Ink Spot to the right of
the lined figure, and in Fig. 7, you see this is the same number 25 in the full counting from 1 to 150 of
the Cos Pattern.
Thus the Abbreviated Letter Muqattaat in the Quran ends on the letter making the sign of a fish
drawn by a pen.
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Fig. 24. The sign of a fish or Vesica Piscis in the Cos Pattern
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How Four Important Surahs May Have Been assigned positions in the Quran from the Cos Pattern
We have seen previously the numbers and hence the Surahs with these numbers (40, 41, 42, 43, 44,
45, 46) draw the leaf line on the letters haa miim ( r ` ) in groupings 6 across to 8. (See Figs. 1, 6,
7, 13 and table 1). In figure 25 these numbers are shown with black dotted lines Note they make the
V shaped portion of the Cos Pattern, drawn as solid red lines for reference. (The full Cos Pattern is
seen in Fig.7. Fig 1 is also the Cos Pattern but one line is not drawn for reasons only detailed in my
book.) These seven numbers are in the second GoRound. Immediately above the second GoRound is
the third. Here the equivalent seven numbers (68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74), are shown with red dotted
lines. The first and final numbers 68 and 74 respectively, shown having large red dots are equivalent to
the Leaf Line drawing lower numbers 40 and 46 respectively.
Do these two connected numbers have any significance in the laying out of Surahs in the Quran? In
fact they do. Surah 68 is the final Abbreviated Letter Surah, The Fish or Pen having the single letter
nuun ( s ). Surah 74 called The Cloaked One contains the second revelation Mohammad received.
Immediately above the number 68 in the fourth GoRound is the number 96 which is where the Surah
having the first revelation called The Clot shown with a red triangle is located. At the bottom of the
V shape, the first number between 68 and 74 in the red dotted lines is the number 71. Surah 71 is the
Surah named for Noah. This location (location 7 see Fig. 13). This is the location of the doves feet.
This again, is another connection of a dove with the story of Noah.
When we compare Surah numbers with the traditional chronological order, we find only in the haa
miim Surahs ( r ` ) 40 through 46, and one proceeding Surah 39 do we have consecutive numbering.
Thus in chronological order we have Mecca 59 in Surah 39, Mecca 60 in Surah 40, Mecca 61 in Surah
41, Mecca 62 in Surah 42, Mecca 63 in Surah 43, Mecca 64 in Surah 44, Mecca 65 in Surah 45, and
Mecca 66 in Surah 46. This consecutive arrangement is unique to these Surahs only. (These Surahs are
after Surah 38 which has one of the single Abbreviated Letters (Saad). This Surah also has the 38th
chronological order of Mecca 38 in the traditional number reckoning.)
There is a pattern which can account for the Surah numbering. We have seen the addition of the
number 12 used before as when we add 12 to 38 to get 50 or when we add 12 to 56 to get 68. If we add
12 to 39 we get 51. If we look at Table 1 the left hand row, you will notice the haa miim Surahs have
7 numbers. Adding 7 to 51 gives us 58. Now adding a 1 for the space in the left hand row of Surah 39
gives us 59. In chronological order Mecca 39 becomes Surah 59. All the haa miim Surahs from 40
through 46, work the same way. Thus Surah 46 is 46+ 12+7+1= 66 or Mecca 66.
The above discussion is very significant since it may show how these important Surahs were
assigned there placements as 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 68, 71, 74, and 96 in the 114 total number of
Surahs.
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Fig. 25.
Evidence The designs of the abbreviated Letters were present in ancient Islamic Art
There is evidence the design was hidden in a branch of Islamic Art from the very earliest of times.
The form of art called Arabesque may have gained its importance in Islamic Art because the parts of
Arabesque may be hidden in the Muqattaat design. The actual design may not be seen in early art
work, but the germinal idea is present in every Arabesque ever created from the time of Mohammed
until today. Arabesque design consists of twisting interconnecting vines, with attached leaves, (This
motif drawn in mosques around the world, including a vine and leaf like design in a gate around the
Prophet Mohammads tomb at Medina, are more realistically drawn than Fig. 6 is drawn. ) and nonconnecting circles, ovals, or stars interspersed among the vines. Now look at the full design of Fig. 6
and notice all the elements of the Arabesque design are also here. Thus the entire design of Fig. 6 may
be considered a twisting vine with non-connected to the vine a number of circles, ovals or stars The
interconnected infinitely closed D. Dove lines and addlines are similar to the interconnected and closed
vine leafs. These lines are not curving, but it is impossible to draw curved lines in a pattern consisting
of only twelve points. The Leaf Line attaches to the interconnected infinitely closed D. Dove and
addlines, but is open at one end just like a leaf is attached at one end and open at the other end. In fact,
the Leaf Line representing an olive leaf, is a leaf. The two Ambiguous Ink Spots also can be the
germinal ideas representing leaves attached to vines. The non- connecting Unambiguous Ink Spot is
analogous to the non- connecting circles, ovals, or stars in Arabesque designs. Thus all elements seen
in Fig. 6 have analogous elements in Arabesque designs.
Islamic Geometric designs also can be hidden in the design of Fig. 6 as it is obvious Fig. 6 consists
of triangles, and various angles which are staples of geometry. Likewise, just as the Islamic Geometric
designs can be related to Arabesque designs, so also Fig. 6 can relate geometric elements with a vine
design.
A Master Plan For Determining Which Surah Would Have Muqattaat Letters
We have learned about the letters in Table 1 and we have seen which letter goes with what surah. I
have discovered a master plan for determining which surah would have letters and which letters go
where. This master plan works for all twenty nine surahs having Muqattaat letters. The change of this
being do to coincidence is astronomical.
There are 14 letters in 29 surahs. This is half the number of letters in the Arabic Alphabet of 28
letters. A special letter usually not counted called hamza makes 29 letters. (the hamza is over the alif in
Fig. 7 which is exactly how the hamza can be written.) Thus, the number of surahs having letters is the
same number of letters when counting the hamza, which also is the number of days in a month varying
between 29 and 30.
The master plan I have discovered is as follows:
1. (Refer to Figs. 7, 13 and Table 1 for the following.) Looking at the Cos Pattern7 in Figs. 7, 13, I
locate from Table 1 each of the 29 surahs having Muqattaat letters.
Again I draw out the Cos Pattern but with only these 29 numbered surahs shown in which consecutive
numbers are drawn as connected solid lines and non consecutive numbers are drawn as non connected
7
see appendix
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2. The number of lines are all in groups of threes (1) three thin lines drawn (2) twice three or six
medium lines and (3) three thick lines.
3. The 29 numbers were to be divided into two groups of consecutive numbers each having 7 numbers
each making a total of 14 numbers. This number 14 is the same number of letters in the pattern. We
have another grouping of 6 numbers. and also 5 non consecutive numbers. Then we have two
groupings of two numbers each making a total of 4 numbers. Note this is a pattern of (7+7)+ 6+5+
(2+2) or 7, a 6 a 5 and a 4. (see first two columns of Table 5)
4. Next the surahs which would create this pattern could be determined as they all utilize this fact:
Either we start or we finish with a number determined from either the left most or the right
most column of the Cos Pattern in Fig. 7, or from a number in one of these two columns which
we add or subtract the number 12. The number 12 is very important in the Cos Pattern as the pattern
is comprised of 12 groupings as you can see in Fig. 13. The non- consecutive number 38 can be found
on the left most column in Fig. 7. An example: we can say we add or subtract zero from this number
(38 add or subtract 0 = 38). Another example illustrating consecutive numbers would be the seven
numbers beginning with the number 40. The number 28 is on the left most column in Fig. 7. If we add
12 we get 40. ( 28+12= 40) See Table 1 listing all the surahs having letters.
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Table 4 shows consecutive surah numbers in the left hand column. The next column counts these
consecutive numbers. For ease of counting, I alternate grays rows with white rows. The next column,
highlighted by diagonal lines, shows the 7 consecutive surah numbers 26 - 32 and another 7
consecutive surah numbers 40- 46 makes a total of 14 numbers which is the number of letters making
the Muqattaat. I also have two groupings to two numbers highlighted in checkerboard in this column.
They are numbered surahs 19- 20 and 2-3. The next column shows whether the number in the first
column is (C)onsecutive or (N)ot consecutive. The fifth column is very significant as it shows all
numbers created by the previous paragraph numbered 4. Note that each group of numbers (highlighted
in gray or white) has either 12 added or subtracted from the left or right hand column of numbers, or
even nothing added to the number. The base left hand or right hand numbers are highlighted in bold
type as well as the number 12 which is also a right hand number. These bold numbers are at either the
first or the last row of the grouping. Also note that nothing may be added or subtracted in the middle of
groupings. For example, the seven (C)onsecutive numbers 26 through 32, has in its first row the
number 12 can be subtracted from 38, a number in the right hand column of Fig. 7, to give the number
26. Surah 26 is the start of the 7 consecutive numbers. The next column labeled show shows in bold
whether the number is from the left or the right hand side of the Fig. 7. The next column labeled letter
description shows the type of line these letters create. The last column draws the letters in this surah.
A very special number is surah 2 which is the first surah having Muqattaat letters. Note that this
number is next to the number (12 ) we have been adding or subtracting from. If we subtract number 10,
which is a right hand number in Fig. 7, from number 12 ,we get 2 the first surah having letters.
Again, in this grouping of two consecutive numbers (2 -3) one number from either the beginning or the
end of the grouping has numbers in grayed or white add or subtract 12" column in Table 5. This is
the only row not having the number 12 added or subtracted from a left or right hand number, but in
reverse the number subtracted from 12.
In Table 4 the range of surah numbers having letters runs between 2 thorough 68. The number 2 is in
a two number grouping (2 - 3), while the number 68 is a single number grouping. These three surahs
were atypical very early or very late revelations, while all other Muqattaat surahs were not8. My point
is that the atypical surahs (2 and 3) forms a grouping in this table.
Table 4.
Surah
number
Count/consecutive
add or
subtract
twelve or
zero
from
letter
description
letters are
26
38-12= 26
left
Snake/Addline
f j
27
Snake/Addline
f j
The Mysterious Letters Of The Koran: Old Abbreviations Of The Basmalah; James A. Bellomy; Jouraal
of the American Oriental Society 93.3 (1973); p. 271
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28
28 + 0 = 28
left
Snake/Addline
r f j
29
29 + 0 = 29
left
D. Dove
rqU
30
D. Dove
rqU
31
D. Dove
rqU
32
D. Dove
rqU
40
Leaf Line
r `
41
Leaf Line
r `
42
10
Leaf Line
r `
28+12= 40
left
of l
43
11
Leaf Line
r `
44
12
Leaf Line
r `
45
13
Leaf Line
r `
46
14
Leaf Line
r `
10
D. Dove
dqU
11
D. Dove
dqU
12
D. Dove
dqU
13
D. Dove
d rq U
14
D. Dove
dqU
15
D. Dove
dqU
10 +0= 10
right
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19-12= 7
right
D. Dove
hrqU
36
48- 12= 36
right
Snake/Addline
fw
38
38+ 0 = 38
left
Ambiguous ink
spot
50
38+12= 50
left
Ambiguous ink
spot
68
56+ 12= 68
left
Ink Spot
19
19+0 = 19
right
Snake/Addline
hlw o p
20
Snake/Addline
o j
D. Dove
rqU
D. Dove
rqU
12- 10 = 2
right
Table 5 is similar to Table 4 but the emphasis is on identical consecutive letters numbers in the right
hand column. The next column shows what type of a line these letters draw (see paper on Abbreviated
Letters in the Quran-- a Solution) in consecutive order numbers. As with Table 5 for ease of counting,
I alternate grays rows with white rows. The remaining rows are similar to Table 5.
For example, from Table 6 we can see there are six surah numbers all having the letters alif, laam,
miim ( r q U ) . These surah numbers are 29, 30, 31, 2, 3.
The similar groupings of letters alif, laam, raa ( d q U ) also have six surah numbers shown in Table
6.
Again, we have two groups of seven numbers highlighted by diagonal lines in the Count/
consecutive column. We have seven consecutive numbers 40 - 46, and seven single numbers
28, 20, 19, 36, 38, 50 and 68. We have one group of two consecutive numbers highlighted in
checkerboard. They are 26- 27. Either end have number in the add or subtract 12" column.
This table has three ambiguous problems of classification. Surah 42 which has two letters on the top
row and three letters on the bottom row can be considered one of the seven leaf line haa miim ( r ` )
letters since these two letters constitute the top row only. This number has three bottom row letters not
found in the normal sequence, so number is problematic. Surah 13 is ambiguous since we have alif,
laam, with both a miim and a raa. Also Surah 20 is the only exception in Table 6 but in table 5 there
are no exceptions.
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Table 5. Count of Surahs having similar letters whether they are or are not consecutive
Surah
number
Count/consecutive
40
41
42
add or
subtract
twelve or zero
from
letter description
letters are
28+12= 40
left
Leaf Line
r `
Leaf Line
r `
Leaf Line
r `
Consecutive
on top line
only
of l
43
Leaf Line
r `
44
Leaf Line
r `
45
Leaf Line
r `
46
Leaf Line
r `
29
D. Dove
rqU
30
D. Dove
rqU
31
D. Dove
rqU
32
D. Dove
rqU
D. Dove
rqU
12 - 10 = 3
right
D. Dove
rqU
19-12= 7
right
D. Dove
hrqU
10
10 +0= 10
right
D. Dove
dqU
11
D. Dove
dqU
29 + 0 = 29
left
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D. Dove
dqU
D. Dove
d rq U
D. Dove
dqU
D. Dove
dqU
26
Snake/Addline
f j
27
Snake/Addline
f j
28
28 + 0 = 28
Snake/Addline
r f j
20
works only in
Table 5
Snake/Addline
o j
19
19+0 = 19
right
Snake/Addline
hlw o p
36
48- 12= 36
right
Snake/Addline
fw
38
38+ 0 = 38
left
Ambiguous ink
spot
50
38+12= 50
left
Ambiguous ink
spot
68
56+ 12= 68
left
Ink Spot
12
13
14
15
ambiguoussince having
same letters
38-12= 26
left
left
Table 6 shows very important facts. In Fig. 13, first locate grouping {12}. Here you will find three
numbers in the right most hand column: 28, 56 and 84 which are located one above the other in the
vertical column. If the number 12 is added to each of these numbers you would reach three numbers in
grouping {6} of Fig. 13. These three numbers are 40, 68, and 96 which also are located one above the
other in this vertical column.
The number 40 is the first of the seven haa miim ( r ` ) surahs shown in Table 6. The number 68 is
the only surah having the unique single letter nuun ( s ) in the final surah having Muqattaat letters.
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The number 96 does not have any letters because it is greater then the number 68 but it holds a very
special surah. Surah 68 holds the second revelation (the second oldest revelation). The very first
revelation (the oldest revelation) unquestionably can be found in Surah 96. It is remarkable that the
first and second revelations can be found one over the other in this pattern of Fig. 7 and that even
Surah 40 which holds the beginning of a very special grouping of seven surahs is part of this pattern.
They all can be counted by adding 12 and they all can be added from the right hand side of the same
grouping which is half the number of groupings away from each other (If there are a total of {12 }
groupings, then half this number is in the {6} grouping as seen in Fig. 13).
The important conclusion we can assume from this is that unless this is all do to coincidence
whoever arranged the current order of surahs with details such as where to locate the first and
second revelations also where to locate the haa miim letters and the Muqattaat letter surahs, were
using the number pattern similar to Fig. 7.
Table 6 Three Surah Numbers Form a Very Important Pattern
Surah
number
Muqattaat
letters
add or
subtract
twelve
from
letter
description
letters
are
time of
revelation
grouping
of letters
from
40
yes
28+12= 40
right
Leaf Line
r `
--------
40- 46
68
yes
56+ 12= 68
right
Ink Spot
second
--------
96
no
84+ 12 = 96
right
------
-------
first
---------
Two additional surahs are of this same pattern but not formed from group {12} and seen in group
{6} but instead was formed in group {5} and seen in group {10} (See Fig. 13 to see groupings.) These
two numbers are shown in Table 7. Note that when 12 is added to the base number 38, the resulting
number is 50. Both numbers would create the ambiguous ink spots in seen in Fig. 6. Both numbers
(surahs 38) have a single Muqattaat letter Saad ( h ) which also appears in Surah 7 as the last letter
in ( h r q U ) , and a single Muqattaat letter Kaaf ( o ) in Surah 42 as the last of the three bottom
row letters Kaaf ( o f l ). The only appearance i.e. the unique single unambiguous ink spot letter
nuun ( s ) is at Surah 68. (also see Table 1)
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Muqattaat letters
add or subtract
twelve
from
letter description
single
letter is
38
yes
38+0 = 38
left
Ambiguous ink
spot
50
yes
38+ 12= 50
left
Ambiguous ink
spot
Again, this table 7 is more evidence that the number pattern of Fig. 7 and the design of Fig. 6 were
known by the editors and arrangers of the surahs and influenced the placement of surahs having
letters, and also the spelling of these letters were deliberate and not random coincidences based on
mistakes in reading or spelling words.
There are a number of Pre- Uthmanic Variants9 with missing letters from the official Quran version.
Variant versions had to be destroyed with only one official version allowed but known copies of some
variants called codexes have survived. A fact can be deduced from these variants: only the official
version is perfect as each variant has some detectable error. The number of surahs must be exactly
114 with 113 and 114 constituting a group. Surahs 40 through 46 must be a grouping with no surah
missing. Surah 68 must have the single letter nuun and not have any letters. If this letter were missing
as it is in a variant, the ink spot in the image seen in Fig. 6 would be missing. Surah 38 must not be
consecutive with numbers 37 or 39 or Fig. 31 would have the wrong number of consecutive and non
consecutive lines.
ANOTHER MAJOR PIECE OF EVIDENCE THIS IS THE BASIS OF LETTER PLACEMENT
Examining Table 7 and Fig. 32 confirms my hypothesis of why some surahs have what
combinations of letters. First let us examine Table 7. The left column lists surah numbers having
Abbreviated Letters. The next column lists the parts of the pattern drawn out by various letters and has
the same color coding seen in Table 1. The next column shows the letter combinations. The right hand
column is new each set of letters is represented by a color coding. Thus the letters alif, laam, miim
( r q U ) are colored coded in Yellow.
The most important concept of this table is the word change. The letter combinations change,
easily visualized by where do the colors change. There are sixteen points of change in this table with
all sixteen being explainable. There are no errors detectable in this table. The chance of this being do
to coincide is astronomical.
ibid p. 267
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type of line
(color coded)
Surah letters
D. Dove
rqU
D. Dove
rqU
D. Dove
hrqU
10
D. Dove
dqU
11
D. Dove
dqU
12
D. Dove
dqU
13
D. Dove
d rq U
14
D. Dove
dqU
15
D. Dove
dqU
19
Snake/Addline
hlw o p
20
Snake/Addline
o j
26
Snake/Addline
rf j
27
Snake/Addline
f j
28
Snake/Addline
r f j
29
D. Dove
rqU
30
D. Dove
rqU
31
D. Dove
rqU
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color coded
32
D. Dove
rqU
36
Snake/Addline
fw
38
Ambiguous ink
spot on line
pattern
40
Leaf Line
r `
41
Leaf Line
r `
42
r `
of l
addline. Three
letters finish
connecting
design on feet of
dove
43
Leaf Line
r `
44
Leaf Line
r `
45
Leaf Line
r `
46
Leaf Line
r `
50
Ambiguous ink
spot on line
pattern
68
Unambiguous
The Ink Spot
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same first three letters with an additional forth letter (h r q U ) . Note number 7 does not connect to
any other letter and hence, here is a change in the letter sequence. Next begins a change in a number of
surahs 10,11,12,13,14,15 (red) were a second grouping of D.Dove lines can be found. This sequence
begins the six medium lines. (remember, from Fig. 32, the pattern can be divided into 3 thick lines,
3+3 medium lines, and 3 thin non- connected lines. ) Here the letter ( r ) is changed to the letter ( d )
making the sequence ( d q U ). Surah 13 is the number on the right hand side of the grouping making
a small change to (light red) with the letters ( d r q U ) by adding both ( r ) and ( d ). Now a major
change occurs from D.Dove to Snake/Addline since there is a jump to Surah 19. Surah 19 connects to
Surah 20 by the beginning of the horizontal thick line sequence. Both numbers are shown (green) and
(light.green) with both having different sequences of letters
(h l w o p ) and ( o j ). There is another change to (blue) with a different set of letters.
This set of three surahs in (blue) all have the same first two letters ( f j ) but the center surah 27
lacks the letter ( r ) hence, is shown in (light blue). Note the symmetry of these three adjacent
numbers. The number 28 is at the bottom of the pattern. The number 29 begins the top of the pattern
with three numbers in this first grouping, 29,30,31. Here is another major change back to the (yellow)
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D.Dove letters ( r q U ). Note that the numbers 30, 31 (yellow) having the letters ( r q U ) are over
the numbers 13,14 (red) having the letters ( d q U ) --both sets of letters constituting D.Dove. The next
number is 32. This number must be included to complete the medium lines of the pattern. Here the
number 32 is over the number 2 where both numbers are (yellow)-- the letters are ( r q U ). Now
another change occurs in the number 36 (purple) with Snake/Addline letters (.f w ). After skipping
one number [37] we reach another change occurring at the number 38. Each of the single letter surahs
do not have adjacent numbers. Number 38 is shown in (lavender) with the ambiguous letter ( h ).
After skipping one number [39] we reach the sequence ( r ` ) color coded (turquoise ) with surah
numbers 40,41,42,43,44,45,46. Note how this number sequence is prefixed by the letter ( h ). The
sequence ( r ` ) ends with then number 64. This number is necessary to complete the thick line
portion of the design. The important surah 42 which has the letter sequence
( r `
o f l ) (light turquoise) discussed in detail elsewhere in this paper occupies the innermost number
on the inner most pair of numbers. The number 50 detailed elsewhere in this paper is the second of the
three non adjacent surahs numbers. Number 50 detailed elsewhere is shown in (brown) with the
ambiguous letter ( o ). The sequence of turquoise numbers are suffixed by this letter. The final number
68 detailed elsewhere closes the whole design.
IMPORTANCE OF THE THREE SINGLE LETTERS
(See Fig. 6 for the following) As detailed previously there are three single letters each of which
would with parchment (paper) pen and ink draw an ink spot. This section expands on these specific
letters. The pattern has a letter which draws part of the D.Dove raa ( d ), a letter which draws part of
the leaf line haa ( ` ) , and five letters which could draw out Ambiguous ink spots. Any one of these
letters, could be the reason for an ink spot, which could draw out either a part of the D.Dove or the
snake/Addline portion of the total pattern. These letters are alif ( U ), Saad ( h ) in one grouping and
Laam ( q ), Qaaf ( p ),
There is the letter miim ( r ) which is ambiguous as being either a D.Dove, part of a Snake/Addline,
or part of a leaf line. Let us say that only letters which can be ambiguous with two parts, and not part
of the leaf line can be represented by ink spots. This would eliminate the letter miim ( r ) having an ink
spot and hence cannot be one of the single letters.
The right hand letters were the letters in a grouping chosen to be the letters which drew the
ambiguous ink spots. If we look at the two letters in the first grouping, this would be the letter
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saad ( h ). The right hand letter of the second grouping chosen would be the letter kaaf ( p ).
Note the rule stated previously that letters were chosen in order of introduction still hold true. Thus,
the letter saad ( h ) is introduced before the letter kaaf ( p ).
Look at Table 8. Note that on either side of the leaf line surahs, are the two single ink spot letters in
order of saad ( h ) before the leaf line and kaaf ( p ) after, immediately followed by the final
special non ambiguous ink spot letter nuun ( s ) .
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The top row of Table 9 shows the aabjadi Order (Magreb variation). The next row shows the
counting of letters. (reading right to left.) The next row shows rather that above drawn letter is a
Muqattaat letter (Y) or is not a Muqattaat letter (n). There are shown in the bottom three rows 14
Muqattaat letters (Y) shown in gray, and 14 non -Muqattaat letters (n) shown clear.
The first 22 letters are the ancient Hebrew/ Phoenician letters, with the last 6 letters being unique
letters of the Arabic Alphabet. Note all of the (Y) letters are within the 22 letter sequence.
There are more common variations of this alphabetic order, but this an older version works best.
Table 9. The aabjadi Order
g m k c a Y X f d o C n l hs r q p w j ` e u o b Z V U
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
n n n n n n n Y Y Y n n Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y n n Y n n n Y
left over
Examining the third row, you will notice the pattern of threes: a grouping of three (n)o flanked by two
(Y) es on either side. Then a double grouping of threes (Y)es with two (n)os on either side. Then
another grouping of three (Y)es, with the remaining letters being all (n)o. The bottom row numbers the
groupings of Muqattaat and non - Muqattaat letters.
This pattern has a very important fact: the center letter as seen in the middle row at number 14 is the
letter nuun ( s ) with its special properties of being the only unique and single letter marking the final
surah having letters.
From what I have shown in all my papers is that this aabjadi Order is not the alphabetic order
which works, but it is the later hijai Order (dating from within a century of Muhammads time
or his successor Uthman ) seen in Fig. 1 and in Table 9 which does.
For the Muqattaat to work, a key is to rearrange the aabjadi Order, so that the 14th letter nuun
( s ) is placed on the 25th location as seen if Fig. 1. All similar shaped letters then were grouped
together into the hajai Order. Here in the hijai Order, the 14th letter is the letter Saad ( h ) another
one of the three single letters of the Muqattaat11. (Again in the middle and bottom rows, the 14
Muqattaat letters are shown in gray, and the 14 non - Muqattaat letters are shown clear.)
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The first letter alif in the Muqattaat is the first letters in both the aabjadi Order and in the hijai
Ord er. Different M uqattaat letters occup y the consecutive even numbers 1 0, 12 , 14, 16 in bo th of these orders.
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Table 10 shows the later hijai Order which is the key to the Muqattaat letter Muqattaat. This table
is set up in similar fashion as Table 3. Notice letters of similar shape are grouped together but a pattern
still emerges. The non - Muqattaat letters (reading from right to left) are in groups of 4, 3, 2, and 1
letters (all shown in clear). There are Muqattaat letters (in gray) on the first and last letters and
between the 4th and 3rd non - Muqattaat groupings. There are three groupings of Y-n-Y, n-Y-n, and
Y-n-Y between the 2nd and 3rd non - Muqattaat groupings.
2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 3 2 1 0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Y n Y Y Y Y Y Y n n Y n Y n Y n Y n Y n n n Y n n n n Y
1 1
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Sussex, UK; p. 206
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letters can draw the figure which matches texts in the corresponding surahs as seen in Fig. 6. No other
theory can explain why these letters were chosen or why there are 29 surahs having letter and not 54 or
8 or 73.
But here is the most important point of all: The only way my theory can work is by speaking out
loud the alphabetic names of the letters. The speaking out loud with emphasis the alphabetic names
of the letters is telling where on the design of Fig. 1 are the letters correct letters to draw lines to make
the pattern the completed pattern of Fig. 6. It is as if when all the letters are named in the correct order
that the design of Fig. 6 would be supernaturally created (and realistically created if Fig. 1 was known
and the lines were actually drawn out on paper to create Fig. 6.).
The hajai Order dates from around one hundred years after the Quran was put into its orthodox
arrangement by the Caliph Uthman ibn Affan, (or around two hundred years according to the
disconnected letterswordpress.com). We can justify the hajai Order being central to the understanding
the Muqattaat if we assume this order was known early on, even dating from the time of Muhammad,
but not fully implemented until this later century date (or even several centauries later.)
Why was the hajai Order created? I believe the answer was partly due to the desire to have the letter
nuun ( s ) making the pens ink spot at the head of the fish moved to location 25, since the word
nuun actually means pen and fish, and partly do to the reasons given in the paper (The Present
Order of the Alphabet in Arabic, Joseph K. Arnold, Hebraica, vol. 11, no 3/4 (Apr.-Jul., 1895), The
University of Chicago Press. (http://www.jstor.org/stable/527409 . ) This may be summarized as
follows:
1. The first two letters, alif ( U ) and baa ( V ) which make the first line of Cos Pattern (See Fig. 1 for
the following) remains the same as in the older order.
2. Must move the letter nuun ( s ) from the 14th letter place to the 25th letter place.
3. Keep four letters intact since they have no diacritic forms. These letters are at locations
25- nuun ( s ), 24- miim( r ) , 23- laam ( q ), 22- kaf- ( p ).
4. There were three locations 28-27-26 unfilled to the end. Here three vowels may be placed.
5. There were 19 letters needed to be moved. These were grouped by twos and threes to the lower end
by diacritic marks. mathematically: [28- (2+4+3) = 19]
The number 19 appears to have much significance and is detailed in my book Sacred Stones Sacred
Stories vol. 1. Note that the number [25} is next to the number {19} in fig. 1.
If my theory concerning the Muqattaat are all do to coincidences, then if this were a lottery, I
would be winning the jackput. Understand that all the papers presented here with all the accompanying
arguments discussed merely show only the tip of the iceberg in what I have discovered as my book,
Sacred Stones Sacred Stories vol. 1 gives more arguments, discussions, figures, tables, and other
details not found in these free downloadable texts.
APPENDIX
The Cos Pattern is detailed in my book Sacred Stones Sacred Stories vol. 1. A general
explanation of how I determined this pattern is that I took the most accurate description1 of the
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colors of the three by four rows of twelve stones in the High Priests Breastplate and discovered
that another listing of twelve names-- the first letters of the names of the twelve sons of Ishmael2-could be linked in the same order as the colored stones. For example: if we had five names
beginning with the letters B-M-M-M-F, and we had five color stones red-blue1-green- blue2 blue3,
then we could draw lines linking the colors red to blue1 to blue2 to blue3 to green. But a number of
variations are possible like green to blue1 to blue2 to blue3 to red, or green to blue2 to blue1 to blue3.
Fortunately I found clues as to a single correct variation which are detailed in my book.
1. Gemstones of the Bible, Percy H. Perkins, (second edition. 1977, ISBN 960-3090-2-0 Brantley
Printing Co. Waycross, Georgia 31501)
2. see Gen.25:13
Below is Fig. 6 redrawn to better show the mirror image of the two horizontal lines. Fig. 6 is drawn
correctly but the mirror image is not as noticeable as drawn below.
Fig. 6 redrawn to show two lines at the top and bottom are mirror images.
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Fig. 23c. This is Fig. 23a redrawn for clarity. Numbers and letters are discussed in text.
note: six locations have 5 lines (odd number) radiating from them, and two locations have 3 lines (odd
number) radiating from them. The number 5 constitutes half of the ten sephirot in kabbalah. Note also
that the counting (1-2-3-4 and A-B-C and a-b-c) all involve only the four Ambiguous Ink Spots
(shown in Yellow).
Below are the five individual parts numbered Figs. 6a thorough 6e of the completed pattern seen in
Fig. 6 instead of showing them as a single figures with five colored parts. This is useful if you are
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Fig. b Addlines
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Important Evidence the Quran was edited using the Abbreviated letter Muqattaat
A well known fact concerning the Abbreviated Letters is that a number of surahs having letters
having a number of words in the first two ayat (sentences). I will now explore this concept and also
discuss a related investigation of words in surahs which match parts of the completed design of Fig. 6
This latter investigation is very important because it is a major proof that this design was used in the
order of editing the surahs of the Quran by following this design.
First, let us examine the table below which has all the relevant facts. The left column lists the
interval of surah numbers from 2 to 72. Surahs higher than surah 72, do not have any words in
question so are not listed in the table. Gray boxes designates surahs with Abbreviated Letters. The next
column shows if the surah has any of these words in the first two ayat: book, revealed, revelation,
quran,scripture. The word pen or pen holder is also in this grouping, but it only appears once as
a single letter in the last surah having letters. All these words are in this column labeled Group A.
The next column shows which of the five types of line ( D. Dove, Snake/ Addline, Ambiguous, Leaf
Line, Ink Spot) is present in this surah. The next column shows if within the surah are stories which
mention either Noah, Jonah, Jonah and a big fish, pharaoh in whose presents snakes turned into staffs
and vice versa. Also words like signs of which snakes turning into staffs was one of the signs before
pharaoh. All these words or names are in this column labeled Group B. The next column shows if
there are any correlations between the type of line and the words in group B.
The five types of lines are:
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D. Dove (descending dove) = The story of Jonah or fish (where the name means dove in Arabic
and Hebrew Fish refers to the story of Jonah and the big fish
The story of Noah refers to Noah and the descending dove onto
the hand of Noah on the Ark.
Snake/addline =
Added lines which refers to the story of Moses turning his staff
into a snake and vice versa. Words implying this detail can also
be the mention of magicians in Pharaohs court or of Pharaoh
ignoring miracle signs.
Two ink spots whose location are ambiguous as being either part
of the D. Dove pattern of lines or the Snake/Addline pattern of
lines. Any story in these surahs can be any of the stories shown in
this column.
Leaf Line
The Leaf Line is the line representing the olive leaf in the beak of
the descending dove onto the hand of Noah on the Ark. Any story
of Noah and the dove would be expected in the Abbreviated
Letter surahs having the Leaf Line.
INK SPOT
The Ink Spot relates to a fish as discussed and shown in Fig. 24.
The story of Jonah and the big fish would be expected in the
Abbreviated Letter surah having the Ink Spot.
Table 10
SURAH
GROUP A
TYPES OF LINE
GROUP B
CORRELATIONS
YES
D. Dove
no
YES
D. Dove
no
NO
NO
NO
YES
NO
NO
JONAH, NOAH
JONAH, NOAH
D. Dove
NOAH-SNAKE/STAFF
68
10
YES
D. Dove
JONAH-NOAHSNAKE/STAFF
11
YES
D. Dove
NOAH, PHARAOH
12
YES
D. Dove
no
13
YES
D. Dove
no
14
YES
D. Dove
no
15
YES
D. Dove
no
16
NO
17
YES
18
YES
19
NO
Snake/Addline
20
YES
Snake/Addline
21
NO
22
NO
23
NO
24
YES
25
NO
26
YES
Snake/Addline
NOAH-PHARAOH/
MAGICIANS
yes on pharaoh,
magicians only
27
YES
Snake/Addline
PHARAOH
yes
28
YES
Snake/Addline
PHARAOH
yes
29
NO
D. Dove
NOAH
yes
30
NO
D. Dove
no
31
YES
D. Dove
no
32
YES
D. Dove
no
33
YES
34
NO
PHARAOH
no
PHARAOH/
MAGICIANS
yes
JONAH-NOAH
JONAH-NOAH
NOAH
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35
NO
36
YES
37
NO
38
YES
39
YES
40
NO
Leaf Line
41
YES
Leaf Line
no
42
NO
Leaf Line
no
43
YES
Leaf Line
44
YES
Leaf Line
no
45
YES
Leaf Line
no
46
YES
Leaf Line
no
47
NO
48
NO
49
NO
50
YES
51
NO
52
YES
53
NO
54
NO
55
YES
56
NO
57
NO
58
NO
59
NO
60
NO
Snake/Addline
no
JONAH-NOAHPHARAOH
no
PHARAOH
PHARAOH
NOAH
NOAH
NOAH
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no
no
is ambiguous
61
NO
62
YES
63
NO
64
NO
65
NO
66
NO
67
NO
68
PEN
69
NO
70
NO
71
NO
72
YES
NOAH
Ink Spot
JONAH/FISH
NOAH
NOAH
Most of the Abbreviated Letter surahs can be found mostly in the interval 2 through 46 (only surahs
50 and 68 are outside this compact interval. Also note that since there are a total of 114 surahs most of
the Abbreviated Letter surahs are at the beginning of the Quran.
89% of surahs having Abbreviated Letters have words from group A, while 2% of surahs over surah
number 68 have words from group A. Thus most of the surahs having these words are in surahs having
Abbreviated Letters. There is a 34% number of surahs having a correlation.
Why these words? Do all books and the completed pattern of Fig. 6 have anything in common? They
both are written on a surface using pens. Fig. 6 is like a page in a book. A revelation or something
reveled is something hidden but now made known. Fig. 6 likewise is hidden until it is made known i.e.
it is a revelation.
The correlation of types of lines and textual agreements in the two columns on the right, is not as
conclusive but appears to be more then just random.
Note surah 42, is the only surah having two letters above three letters is the only surah in the interval
between 40 through 46 which does not mention book or revelation or reveled. Note the vague
references to both the Noah story and the pharaoh story in surah 50 which had the ambiguous ink spots
(Noah story is D. Dove and Pharaoh story is a Snake/Addline story which is in the definition of the type
of line called ambiguous Ink Spot). Also note many of stories match the type of line for example surah
29 a D.Dove line has a D. Dove story (Noah). A very significant point is that transitions from one
type of line to another has equivalent transitions in their respective stories. An example is surah 28 a
snake/Addline having a correct corresponding story (a mention of pharaoh) and the next surah 29 a D.
Dove having the correct corresponding story ( a mention of Noah) occurring at an expected location
within the Quran. Surah 68 is a very strong case for this table to be more then coincidence since here
the fifth element-- an ink spot occurs where the words pen and write occur in the first ayat (sentence).
Here Jonah and the fish are both mentioned in the text. The ink spot is written with a pen, and the letter
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represented the letter nuun, is an Arabic word for fish.Also note how Jonah/fish in surah 68 is the
only Jonah story surrounded by Noah stories.
A closer look at the Sefirot Tree of Life and the Quranic Mystery
Below is the Tree of Life Sifirot design in color.
Fig. 23d
In Fig. 23d on the left there are three circles with two blue interconnecting lines. On the right there are
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three circles with two red interconnecting lines. In the center there are four circles with three green
lines. We also have a single dotted circle on the green line not connected to any line. There are four
yellow lines as shown. the remaining lines are black.
We have:
3 circles labeled A, B, C connected by 2 red lines labeled [1], [2]
3 circles labeled a, b c
connected by 2 violet lines labeled {1}, {2}
4 circles labeled 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 connected by 3 green lines labeled 1*, 2*, 3*,
4 yellow lines labeled (1) , (2) , (3) , (4)
11 black lines
3+ 3+4 = 10 circles. the dotted non connected
circle makes 11 circles.
2+2+3+4+11 = 22 lines
In Fig. 23d above, the 10 circles with a missing 11th non connected circle and a counting of 22 lines
are well known attributes of this design called the Tree of Life. The word sefirot means to count the
10 positions indicated by the 10 circles. Also, the 22 lines matches the number of letters in the Hebrew
alphabet.
Now compare Fig.23d with Fig. 23c seen previously and note that they are line by line similar.
We have:
3 circles labeled A, B, C connected by 2 red lines labeled [1], [2]
3 circles labeled a, b c
connected by 2 violet lines labeled {1}, {2}
4 circles labeled 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 connected by 3 green lines labeled 1*, 2*, 3*,
4 yellow circles labeled (1) , (2) , (3) , (4)
11 black lines
3+ 3+4 = 10 circles. a single non connected
black circle makes 11 circles.
2+2+3+4+11 = 22 lines
Note: Fig. 23d has 4 yellow lines instead of 4 yellow circles as in Fig. 23c. In Fig. 23c the number 11 is
still present as the 11 black lines. Also the number 10 is present as well, because the figure has 8 places
where lines converge and if we add the two black circles we get the number 10. The two disconnected
circles in Fig. 23c is mimicked in the single disconnected circle seen in Fig. 23d.
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Below is the Abbreviated letter pattern similar to Fig. 23a and Fig.23c but rotated counterclockwise
90. Again the number of lines are shown. Notice this figure and the previous figure can have the same
names on the same 10 locations. There are a number of similarities and differences in these two figures.
My point is that the Traditional Tree of Life in Kabbalah is very similar to the double pattern created
by the Abbreviated Letters of the Quran.
This tree of life design (Heb. aetz Chiym) is also called the safirot. The name has the same root as the
word for the stone called sapir (sapphire) which was on of the stones in the breastplate of the High
Priest. In my book (see Sacred Stones Sacred Stories, vol.1) I go into great detail about these 12 stones,
the Cos Pattern, which is the basis of this pattern and of the 12 tribes associated with these stones and
this pattern. The empty space above the descending dove in location {3} which have the numbers {3]
[11] in Fig. 6 corresponds to the sapir stone and the tribe of Judah but I do not know of any significance
to this observation.
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