The Ambiguous Verses of the Qur’an
Biḥar al-Anwār, Volume 69, Page 373, Section 127
Translated by Saleem Bhimji – www.al-mubin.org
*****
This is a section of page 373 from Bihar al Anwar explaining some notions present in the verses of the Holy Quran.
*****
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِبحار الأنوار ج ٨٩ ص ٨٩ ٣٧٣ باب ١٢٨ متشابهات القرآنFrom Muḥammad ibn Hārūn al-Zanjānī that which `Alī ibn Aḥmad al-Baghdādī had written by his own hands to me - narrated from Ma`ādh ibn al-Muthan’nā from `Abdillāh ibn Asmā’ from Jawwīrīah from Sufyān al-Thawrī who said: “I said to as-Sādiq, peace be upon him, ‘O’ Son of the Messenger of Allāh! What is the meaning of the words of Allāh, The Powerful and Exalted, (Alif, Lām, Mīm) and (Alif, Lām, Mīm, Sād) and (Alif, Lām, Rā) and (Alif, Lām, Mīm, Rā) and (Kāf, Hā, Yā, `Ain, Sad) and (Tā, Hā) and (Tā Sīn) and (Tā, Sīn, Mīm) and (Yā, Sīn) and (Sād) and (Hā, Mīm) and (Hā, Mīm, `Ain, Sīn, Qāf) and (Qāf) and (Nūn)?”
محمد بن هارون الزنجاني