This document provides a summary of the prefixed letters (Huroof ul Muqatta'at) that appear at the beginning of some chapters in the Quran. It discusses how these letters are related to attributes of Allah, themes of the chapters, and words and concepts within the chapters. As an example, it analyzes the connections between the letter Qaf, which prefixes Surah 50, and various attributes of Allah like Al-Qayyum and Al-Qadir. It also lists many words from the surah that contain the letter Qaf, like Quran, to demonstrate the relationships. The purpose is to explain how these mysterious letters are meaningfully linked to the chapters they preface.

1. THE PREFIXED LETTERS
HUROOF UL MUQATTA’AT

2. RESEARCH BASED
• Based on the PhD Thesis: Morpho
Phonemic Patterns in the Prefixed
Chapters of the Qur’an

3. THE 21ST LETTER OF THE ARABIC ALPHABET
•

4. THE 50TH CHAPTER OF THE QUR’AN
• ‌‫ان‬َ‫ء‬ ۡ‫ر‬ُ‫ق‬ۡ‫ٱل‬ َ‫ۚ‌و‬‌ٓ‫ق‬‌ِ‫د‬ََِۡ‫‌ٱل‬

5. THE PROCEDURE
• These letters are related
• To the attributes of Allah
• To the verses of the chapter
• To the theme of the chapter
• To the sounds of the chapter

6. THE FIRST RELATIONSHIP
•The Letter Qaf is related to
the following attributes of
ALLAH(SWT)

7. THE SELF-EXISTING ONE
•‫القدوم‬

8. THE POSSESSOR OF ALL STRENGTH
•‫القوى‬

9. THE CONSTRICTOR
•‫القابض‬

10. THE ALL POWERFUL
•‫القاِر‬

11. THE PURE ONE
•‫القِوس‬

12. THE SUBDUER
•‫القهار‬

13. THE EQUITABLE ONE , THE AVENGER, THE EXPEDITER, THE CREATOR
OF ALL POWER, THE WATCHFUL ONE, THE NOURISHER
•‫الَقسط‬ ‫الَنتقم‬ ‫الَقِم‬ ‫الَقتِر‬
‫الرقدب‬ ‫الَقدت‬

14. THE SUSTAINER, THE EVERLASTING ONE, THE
CREATOR
• ‫الرزاق‬ ‫الباقي‬ ‫الخالق‬

15. 2ND: RELATION WITH THIS SURAH
•These attributes of Allah are related to
the theme of this Surah

16. 2ND: RELATION WITH THIS SURAH
•He is Al Qayuum, He is to remain. He is
Al Qadir to take lives and give life. He
is Al Qabid to get our souls. He is
Razzaq to give rizq. He is Muntaqim to
take revenge.

17. 3RD STEP: RELATION WITH THIS SURAH
•Further this letter is related to many
verses and words in the Surah

18. QAF. BY THE GLORIOUS QUR'AN
• ‌ۡ‫‌ٱل‬‫ان‬َ‫ء‬ ۡ‫ر‬ُ‫ق‬ۡ‫ٱل‬ َ‫ۚ‌و‬‌ٓ‫ق‬‌ِ‫د‬ََِ

19. AL QUR’AN

20. AND THE DISBELIEVERS SAY
• ‌َ‫ل‬‫ا‬َ‫ق‬َ‫ف‬‌َ‫ك‬ۡ‫ٱل‬‌َ‫ون‬ُ‫ر‬‫ف‬ٰ‫ـ‬

21. WHEN WE ARE DEAD AND HAVE BECOME DUST ? THAT
WOULD BE A FAR RETURN!
• ‫ا‬َ‫ر‬ُ‫ت‬‌‫ا‬َّ‫ن‬ُ‫ك‬ َ‫َا‌و‬‫ن‬ۡ‫ت‬َ‌‫ا‬َ‫ذ‬‫ء‬َ‫أ‬‌ُ‫ع‬ َِۡ‫‌ر‬َ‫ك‬‫ٲل‬َ‫ذ‬‌ۖ‌‫ا‬ً۬‫ب‬‌ًِ۬‫د‬‫ع‬َ‫ب‬

22. WE KNOW THAT WHICH THE EARTH TAKETH OF
THEM, AND WITH US IS A RECORDING BOOK.
‌ُ‫ظ‬‫د‬‫ف‬َ‫ح‬‌‫ب‬ٰ‫ـ‬َ‫ت‬‫َا‌ك‬‫ن‬َِ‫ن‬‫ع‬ َ‫ۖ‌و‬‌ۡ‫م‬ُ‫ہ‬ۡ‫ن‬َ‌ ُ‫ض‬ ۡ‫ر‬َ ۡ‫‌ٱۡل‬ ُ‫ص‬ُ‫ق‬‫ن‬َ‫ت‬‌‫ا‬ََ‌‫َا‬‫ن‬ َۡ‫ل‬َ‫ع‬‌َِۡ‫ق‬

23. PROVISION (MADE) FOR MEN; AND THEREWITH WE
QUICKEN A DEAD LAND. EVEN SO WILL BE THE
RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD.
‌‫ا‬ً۬‫ق‬ ۡ‫ز‬‫ر‬‌َ‫ب‬‫ع‬ۡ‫ل‬‫ل‬‌َ‫ن‬ۡ‫د‬َ‫د‬ ۡ‫ح‬َ‫أ‬ َ‫ۖ‌و‬‌ِ‫ا‬‌‫ا‬
‫ۦ‬‫ه‬‫ب‬‌ً۬‫ة‬َِۡ‫ل‬َ‫ب‬‌ۡ‫د‬ََّۚ‌‫ا‬ً۬‫ت‬

24. BEFORE THEM BELIED DIFFERENT NATIONS
• ‌ۡ‫م‬ُ‫ه‬َ‫ل‬ۡ‫ب‬َ‫ق‬‌ ۡ‫ت‬َ‫ب‬َّ‫ذ‬َ‫ك‬‌ُ‫م‬ ۡ‫و‬َ‫ق‬‌ٍ‫وح‬ُ‫ن‬
‌ُ‫ب‬ٰ‫ـ‬َ‫ح‬ ۡ‫ص‬َ‫أ‬ َ‫و‬‌‫س‬َّ‫ٱلر‬‌ُِ‫و‬َََُ َ‫‌و‬

25. BEFORE THEM
•‌ۡ‫م‬ُ‫ه‬َ‫ل‬ۡ‫ب‬َ‫ق‬

26. THE DIFFERENT NATIONS/ NOT INDIVIDUALS
• ‌ُ‫م‬ ۡ‫و‬َ‫ق‬‫و‬ُ‫ن‬‌ٍ‫ح‬‌‫س‬َّ‫‌ٱلر‬ُ‫ب‬ٰ‫ـ‬َ‫ح‬ ۡ‫ص‬َ‫أ‬ َ‫و‬‌ُِ‫و‬َََُ َ‫‌و‬

27. OTHER NATIONS/ THE NATION OF TUBBA’
•‌ٍ‫ع‬َّ‫ب‬ُ‫ت‬‌ُ‫م‬ ۡ‫و‬َ‫ق‬ َ‫و‬ۚ‌ً۬۬

28. AL KHALIQ DOES NOT GET TIRED
‫َا‬‫ن‬‫د‬‫د‬َ‫ع‬َ‫ف‬َ‫أ‬‌‫ق‬ۡ‫َل‬‫خ‬ۡ‫ٱل‬‫ب‬‌‫‌ف‬ ۡ‫م‬ُ‫ه‬‌ ۡ‫ل‬َ‫ب‬‌ۚ‌‫ل‬ َّ‫و‬َ ۡ‫ٱۡل‬‌‫ى‬‌ ٍ‫س‬ۡ‫ب‬َ‫ل‬‌ ۡ‫ن‬َ‌ ًٍ۬‫ق‬ۡ‫َل‬‫خ‬‌ٍِ‫د‬َِِ

29. NOT TIRED BY FIRST CREATION
•ۚ‌‫ل‬ َّ‫و‬َ ۡ‫‌ٱۡل‬‫ق‬ۡ‫َل‬‫خ‬ۡ‫ٱل‬‫ب‬

30. INDEED WE (KHALIQ) CREATED MAN
• ‌ۡ‫َا‌ٱل‬‫ن‬ۡ‫ق‬َ‫ل‬َ‫خ‬‌َِۡ‫ق‬َ‫ل‬ َ‫و‬‌َ‫ن‬ٰ‫ـ‬َ‫س‬‫ن‬

31. WE ARE CLOSER THAN THE JUGULAR VEIN
•‌‫ه‬ۡ‫د‬َ‫ل‬‫‌إ‬ُ‫ب‬َ‫ر‬ۡ‫ق‬َ‫‌أ‬ُ‫ن‬ ۡ‫َح‬‫ن‬

32. WE ARE NEARER TO HIM THAN HIS JUGULAR VEIN.
•

33. WHEN DEATH ARRIVES/ WHEN THE TWO RECEIVERS
RECEIVE (HIM), SEATED ON THE RIGHT HAND AND ON THE
LEFT
• ‌َ‫ل‬َ‫ت‬َُۡ‫ى‌ٱل‬َّ‫ق‬َ‫ل‬َ‫ت‬َ‫د‬‌ۡ‫ذ‬‫إ‬‌‫ان‬َ‫د‬‫ق‬

34. SEATED VERY CLOSE
•‌ِ‫د‬‫ع‬َ‫ق‬‌ً۬۬

35. HE UTTERS NOT A WORD
•‌ٍ‫ل‬ ۡ‫و‬َ‫ق‬‌‫ن‬َ‌ُ‫ظ‬‫ف‬ۡ‫ل‬َ‫د‬‌‫ا‬ََّ

36. AN OBSERVER READY
•‌ًِ۬‫د‬‫ت‬َ‫ع‬‌‫دب‬‫ق‬َ‫ر‬

37. AND THE AGONY OF DEATH COMES
• ‌‫ت‬ ۡ‫و‬ََۡ‫‌ٱل‬ُ‫ة‬َ‫ر‬ۡ‫ك‬َ‫س‬‌ ۡ‫ت‬َ‫ء‬ٓ‫ا‬َِ َ‫و‬‌‫ب‬ۖ‌‫ق‬َ‫ح‬ۡ‫ٱل‬

38. NO DENYING OF DEATH

39. AL QIYAMAH
•‫ور‬ُّ‫ص‬‫ى‌ٱل‬‫‌ف‬َ‫خ‬‫ف‬ُ‫ن‬ َ‫و‬ۚ‌۬

40. AND EVERY SOUL COMETH, ALONG WITH IT A DRIVER
AND A WITNESS.
• ‌ََّ‌ ًٍ۬‫س‬ۡ‫َف‬‫ن‬‌ُّ‫ل‬ُ‫ك‬‌ ۡ‫ت‬َ‫ء‬ٓ‫ا‬َِ َ‫و‬‌َ‫ش‬ َ‫‌و‬ ً۬‫ق‬ِٕ‫ٮ‬ٓ‫ا‬َ‫س‬‌‫ا‬َ‫ه‬َ‫ع‬‌ًِ۬‫د‬‫ہ‬

41. VERILY
•َِ‫ق‬َّ‫ل‬‌ۡ۬

42. AND (UNTO THE EVIL-DOER) HIS COMRADE SAITH/23
• ‌ُ‫ه‬ُ‫ن‬‫د‬‫ر‬َ‫ق‬‌َ‫ل‬‫ا‬َ‫ق‬ َ‫و‬

43. HURL TO HELL YE TWAIN
•‌َ‫م‬َّ‫ن‬َ‫ه‬َِ‌‫ى‬‫ا‌ف‬َ‫د‬‫ق‬ۡ‫ل‬َ‫أ‬

44. DO YE TWAIN HURL HIM TO THE DREADFUL DOOM.
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• ‌َ‫ذ‬َ‫ع‬ۡ‫ى‌ٱل‬‫‌ف‬ُ‫ه‬‫ا‬َ‫د‬‫ق‬ۡ‫ل‬َ‫أ‬ِ‫ِد‬َّ‫ش‬‫‌ٱل‬‫اب‬

45. HIS COMRADE SAITH/ OUR LORD! I DID NOT CAUSE
HIM TO REBEL/27
• ‌ُ‫ه‬ُ‫ن‬‫د‬‫ر‬َ‫ق‬‌َ‫ل‬‫ا‬َ‫ق‬‌ََ‌‫َا‬‫ن‬َّ‫ب‬َ‫ۥ‌ر‬‌ُ‫ه‬ُ‫ت‬ۡ‫َد‬‫غ‬ۡ‫ط‬َ‫‌أ‬ٓ‫ا‬

46. THE LORD SAYS/28
•‫ال‬َ‫ق‬

47. WHEN I HAD ALREADY PROFFERED UNTO YOU THE
WARNING/28
• ‌ُ‫ك‬ۡ‫د‬َ‫ل‬‫‌إ‬ُ‫ت‬ َََِّۡ‫ق‬‌َِۡ‫ق‬ َ‫و‬‌ِ‫د‬‫ع‬ َ‫و‬ۡ‫ٱل‬‫م‌ب‬

48. THE LORD SAYS
• ‌ۡ‫و‬َ‫ق‬ۡ‫‌ٱل‬ُ‫ل‬ََِّ‫ب‬ُ‫د‬‌‫ا‬ََ‌ُ‫ل‬ ‌َ۬

49. ON THE DAY WHEN WE SAY UNTO HELL: ART THOU FILLED?
AND IT SAITH: CAN THERE BE MORE TO COME
• ‌ۡ َ‫ل‬َ‫ت‬ َۡ‫‌ٱ‬‫ل‬َ‫ه‬‌َ‫م‬َّ‫ن‬َ‫ه‬َِ‫‌ل‬ُ‫ل‬‫و‬ُ‫ق‬َ‫ن‬‌َ‫م‬ ۡ‫و‬َ‫د‬‌ٍِ‫د‬‫ز‬ََّ‌‫ن‬َ‌ ۡ‫ل‬َ‫ه‬‌ُ‫ل‬‫و‬ُ‫ق‬َ‫ت‬ َ‫‌و‬‫ت‬‌ً۬۬

50. WHO FEARETH THE BENEFICENT IN SECRET AND COMETH WITH A CONTRITE
HEART
• ‌َ‫ء‬ٓ‫ا‬َِ َ‫‌و‬‫ب‬ۡ‫َد‬‫غ‬ۡ‫ٱل‬‫‌ب‬َ‫ن‬ٰ‫ـ‬ََ ۡ‫ح‬َّ‫‌ٱلر‬َ‫ى‬‫َش‬‫خ‬‌ ۡ‫ن‬ََّ‌ًٍ۬‫ب‬ۡ‫ل‬َ‫ق‬‫ب‬‌ٍ‫ب‬‫د‬‫ن‬َُّ‌

51. AND HOW MANY A GENERATION WE DESTROYED
BEFORE THEM
• ‌َ‫و‬‫َا‬‫ن‬ ۡ‫ڪ‬َ‫ل‬ۡ‫ه‬َ‫أ‬‌ ۡ‫م‬َ‫ك‬‫ن‬َ‌‫م‬ُ‫ه‬َ‫ل‬ۡ‫ب‬َ‫ق‬‌ٍ‫ن‬ ۡ‫ر‬َ‫ق‬

52. LO! THEREIN VERILY IS A REMINDER FOR HIM WHO
HATH A HEART,
• ‌َ‫ان‬َ‫ك‬‌‫ن‬ََ‫‌ل‬ ٰ‫ى‬َ‫ر‬ ۡ‫ڪ‬‫ذ‬َ‫ل‬‌َ‫ك‬‫ٲل‬َ‫ذ‬‌‫ى‬‫‌ف‬َّ‫ن‬‫إ‬‌ُ‫ه‬َ‫ل‬‌َ‫ق‬‌‫ۥ‬‌‫ب‬ۡ‫ل‬

53. THEREFOR (O MUHAMMAD) BEAR WITH WHAT THEY SAY, AND HYMN
THE PRAISE OF THY LORD BEFORE THE RISING AND BEFORE THE
SETTING OF THE SUN
• ‫ا‬ََ‌ ٰ‫ى‬َ‫ل‬َ‫ع‬‌ ۡ‫ر‬‫ب‬ ۡ‫ٱص‬َ‫ف‬‌َ‫ون‬ُ‫ل‬‫و‬ُ‫ق‬َ‫د‬‌‫ب‬ َ‫‌ر‬ِ ََۡ‫ح‬‫‌ب‬ ۡ‫ح‬‫ب‬َ‫س‬ َ‫و‬‌َ‫ك‬‌َ‫ل‬ۡ‫ب‬َ‫ق‬‌َ‫‌و‬‫س‬ ََّۡ‫ش‬‫‌ٱل‬‫وع‬ُ‫ل‬ُ‫ط‬‌ۡ‫ب‬َ‫ق‬‌َ‫ل‬‌‫وب‬ُ‫ر‬ُ‫غ‬ۡ‫ٱل‬

54. BUT WARN BY THE QUR'AN HIM WHO FEARS THREAT.
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• ‌ ۡ‫ر‬‫ك‬َ‫ذ‬َ‫ف‬‌‫ان‬َ‫ء‬ ۡ‫ر‬ُ‫ق‬ۡ‫ٱل‬‫ب‬‌ََِ‫د‬‫ع‬ َ‫‌و‬ ُ‫َاف‬‫خ‬َ‫د‬‌‫ن‬‌۬

55. THE QUR’AN

56. NAY, BUT WHEN THE LIFE COMETH UP TO THE
THROAT
• ‌َ‫غ‬َ‫ل‬َ‫ب‬‌‫ا‬َ‫ذ‬‫‌إ‬ٓ َّ‫َّل‬َ‫ك‬‌َ‫ى‬‫اق‬َ‫ر‬َّ‫ت‬‫‌ٱل‬‫ت‬

57. AND IT IS SAID: WHERE IS THE WIZARD (WHO CAN
SAVE HIM NOW)?
• ‌َ‫‌ر‬ ۡۜۡ‫ن‬ََ‌َ‫ل‬‫د‬‫ق‬ َ‫و‬‌ًٍ۬‫ق‬‫ا‬

58. AND HE KNOWS THAT IT IS THE PARTING;
• ‌‫ف‬ۡ‫‌ٱل‬ُ‫ه‬َّ‫ن‬َ‫‌أ‬َّ‫ن‬َ‫ظ‬ َ‫و‬‌ُ‫اق‬َ‫ر‬

59. AND AGONY IS HEAPED ON AGONY;
• ‌َّ‫س‬‫‌ٱل‬‫ت‬َّ‫ف‬َ‫ت‬ۡ‫ٱل‬ َ‫و‬‌ُ‫اق‬‌‫اق‬َّ‫س‬‫ٱل‬‫ب‬

60. UNTO THY LORD THAT DAY WILL BE THE DRIVING.
• ‌ۡ‫و‬َ‫د‬‌َ‫ك‬‫ب‬َ‫‌ر‬ ٰ‫ى‬َ‫ل‬‫إ‬‌َ‫س‬ََۡ‫‌ٱل‬ٍ‫ذ‬ِٕ‫ٮ‬ََ‫اق‬‌ُ۬

61. SIGNIFICANCE
• The significance of this is linguistically clear:
• The Letter Qaf has historical, Phonological, thematic and
semantic connection with the different subjects put
together in the surah Qaf.

62. CONCLUSIONS
• The letter Qaf is historically related to death in the Arabic language. Kohe Qaf
• It is biologically related to death as the last sounds and the jugular vein.
• The letter is uttered closer to the jugular vein : the departing soul’s last
abode.
• Allah’s names related with Qaf point to the desired qualities related to Qaf.
• The phrases and sentences in the surah and surah Qiyamah point to this fact.
• The whole surah is replete with this theme.
• The whole Qur’an points to the end of man which has to be taken care of.

63. REFERENCES
• Lasjan online - Quranic stylistics
• Lasjan online - Muqattaat
• Muqattaʿat - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
• June 2013 | International Islamic University
• A comprehensive exposition of the theories surrounding the
Muqatta'at
• The consonant şād in three Qur'anic chapters: Sād, Mary and al-A'rāf

64. REFERNCES
• Ahsan ur Rehman, "Morpho Phonemic Patterns in the Prefixed
Chapters of the Qur'an: A Stylistic Approach" (2013) lasjan.page.tl
• A stylistic study of the consonant Șād ( ‫ﺹ‬) in three Qur’anic
chapters:Șād (38), Maryam (19) and Al A‘rāf (7) (2013)