MUKATTAA HARFLERİ ve KUR'N İ'CZINDAKİ YERİ

Year 2006, Volume: 8 Issue: 14, 49 - 65, 15.12.2006

Muhittin Akgül

Abstract

'Al-huruf al-muqatta/detached letters and its role in inimitabity of the Qur'anSome letters and words occur at the beginning of the Qur'anic Chapters are called 'alhurufal-muqatta/detached letters'. These letters and words have drawen the attention ofthe scholars from early years of Islam to our own time. Scholars have made variouscomments on the meaning and significance of them, but it is important to note thatsome of these interpretations are far from their actual meanings. This article primarelyfocuses on the meanings of these letters and words from classical period to modernscholarship. In addition to this, it also re-evaluates these interpretations and placesemphasis on some important meanings in relation with their Qur'anic context.

Keywords

Huruf-u Mukattaa, Müteşâbih, Alfabe, Sembol, Şia, Eşsizlik

‘Al-huruf al-muqatta/detached letters and its role in inimitabity of the Qur’an

Abstract

Al-huruf al-muqatta/detached letters and its role in inimitabity of the
Qur'anSome letters and words occur at the beginning of the Qur'anic
Chapters are called 'alhurufal-muqatta/detached letters'. These letters
and words have drawen the attention ofthe scholars from early years of
Islam to our own time. Scholars have made variouscomments on the meaning
and significance of them, but it is important to note thatsome of these
interpretations are far from their actual meanings. This article
primarelyfocuses on the meanings of these letters and words from
classical period to modernscholarship. In addition to this, it also
re-evaluates these interpretations and placesemphasis on some important
meanings in relation with their Qur'anic context.

Keywords

Detached letters, ambigious verses, alphabet, symbol, inimitabity of the Qur’an