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*'''Mutashabihat (ambiguities) of the Qur'an:''' [[al-Fakhr al-Razi]] and [[al-Suyuti]], [[Sunni]] scholars, believe that the disjoined letters are ambiguities of the Qur'an of which only God is aware.<ref>Fakhr al-Rāzī, ''Al–Tafsīr al-kabīr'', under the sura 2, verse 1; Suyūtī,''Al-Itqān fī ʿalūm al-Qurān'', vol. 3, p. 24.</ref> This is confirmed by some hadiths transmitted by Shiite [[muhaddith]]s as well.<ref>Ṭūsī, ''Al-Tibyān fī tafsīr al-Qurān'', vol. 1, p. 48; Ṭabarsī, ''Majmaʿa al-bayān fī tafsīr al-Qurān'', under the sura 2, verse 1.</ref> | *'''Mutashabihat (ambiguities) of the Qur'an:''' [[al-Fakhr al-Razi]] and [[al-Suyuti]], [[Sunni]] scholars, believe that the disjoined letters are ambiguities of the Qur'an of which only God is aware.<ref>Fakhr al-Rāzī, ''Al–Tafsīr al-kabīr'', under the sura 2, verse 1; Suyūtī,''Al-Itqān fī ʿalūm al-Qurān'', vol. 3, p. 24.</ref> This is confirmed by some hadiths transmitted by Shiite [[muhaddith]]s as well.<ref>Ṭūsī, ''Al-Tibyān fī tafsīr al-Qurān'', vol. 1, p. 48; Ṭabarsī, ''Majmaʿa al-bayān fī tafsīr al-Qurān'', under the sura 2, verse 1.</ref> | ||
*'''Names of Suras:''' according to [[Shiite]] and Sunni [[exegete]]s, such as [[al-Shaykh al-Tusi]], [[al-Tabrisi]], and al-Suyuti, the disjoined letters are names of the suras; Thus, titles of suras are the disjoined letters with which they open with.<ref>Ṭūsī, ''Al-Tibyān fī tafsīr al-Qurān'', vol. 1, p. 48-49; Ṭabarsi, ''Majmaʿa al-bayān fī tafsīr al-Qurān'', under the sura 2, verse 1; Suyūtī,''Al-Itqān fī ʿalūm al-Qurān'', vol. 1, p. 662. </ref> The view is deemed the best account of the disjoined letters by al-Shaykh al-Tusi and al-Tabrisi.<ref>Ṭūsī, ''Al-Tibyān fī tafsīr al-Qurān'', vol. 1, p. 48-49; Ṭabarsī, ''Majmaʿa al-bayān fī tafsīr al-Qurān'', under the sura 2, verse 1.</ref> It is also attributed to Zayd b. Aslam<ref>Ṭabarī,''Jāmiʾ al-bayān ʿan taʾwīl āyāt al-Qurʾān'', vol. 1, p. 206, under the sura 2, verse 1.</ref> as well as [[Khalil b. Ahmad]] and [[Sibawayh]].<ref>Fakhr al-Rāzī, ''Al–Tafsīr al-kabīr'', under the sura 2, verse 1.<ref> | *'''Names of Suras:''' according to [[Shiite]] and Sunni [[exegete]]s, such as [[al-Shaykh al-Tusi]], [[al-Tabrisi]], and al-Suyuti, the disjoined letters are names of the suras; Thus, titles of suras are the disjoined letters with which they open with.<ref>Ṭūsī, ''Al-Tibyān fī tafsīr al-Qurān'', vol. 1, p. 48-49; Ṭabarsi, ''Majmaʿa al-bayān fī tafsīr al-Qurān'', under the sura 2, verse 1; Suyūtī,''Al-Itqān fī ʿalūm al-Qurān'', vol. 1, p. 662. </ref> The view is deemed the best account of the disjoined letters by al-Shaykh al-Tusi and al-Tabrisi.<ref>Ṭūsī, ''Al-Tibyān fī tafsīr al-Qurān'', vol. 1, p. 48-49; Ṭabarsī, ''Majmaʿa al-bayān fī tafsīr al-Qurān'', under the sura 2, verse 1.</ref> It is also attributed to Zayd b. Aslam<ref>Ṭabarī,''Jāmiʾ al-bayān ʿan taʾwīl āyāt al-Qurʾān'', vol. 1, p. 206, under the sura 2, verse 1.</ref> as well as [[Khalil b. Ahmad]] and [[Sibawayh]]. </ref> Fakhr al-Rāzī, ''Al–Tafsīr al-kabīr'', under the sura 2, verse 1.</ref> | ||
*'''Letters of oath:''' according to [[Ibn 'Abbas]] and 'Ikrima, the disjoined letters are letters of oath, believing that God has taken an oath to these letters which are His own names. <ref>Ṭabarī,''Jāmiʾ al-bayān ʿan taʾwīl āyāt al-Qurʾān'', vol. 1, p. 206, under the sura 2, verse 1; Ṭabarsī, ''Majmaʿa al-bayān fī tafsīr al-Qurān'', under the sura 2, verse 1; Ṭūsī, ''Al-Tibyān fī tafsīr al-Qurān'', vol. 1, p. 47.<ref> Al-Suyuti has justified the account with a hadith from [[Imam Ali (a)]] in which he addresses God by saying, "O kaf-ha-ya-'ayn-sad {{ia|کهیعص}}, forgive me!"<ref>Suyūtī,''Al-Itqān fī ʿalūm al-Qurān'', vol. 3, p. 27-28.</ref> | *'''Letters of oath:''' according to [[Ibn 'Abbas]] and 'Ikrima, the disjoined letters are letters of oath, believing that God has taken an oath to these letters which are His own names. <ref>Ṭabarī,''Jāmiʾ al-bayān ʿan taʾwīl āyāt al-Qurʾān'', vol. 1, p. 206, under the sura 2, verse 1; Ṭabarsī, ''Majmaʿa al-bayān fī tafsīr al-Qurān'', under the sura 2, verse 1; Ṭūsī, ''Al-Tibyān fī tafsīr al-Qurān'', vol. 1, p. 47.<ref> Al-Suyuti has justified the account with a hadith from [[Imam Ali (a)]] in which he addresses God by saying, "O kaf-ha-ya-'ayn-sad {{ia|کهیعص}}, forgive me!"<ref>Suyūtī,''Al-Itqān fī ʿalūm al-Qurān'', vol. 3, p. 27-28.</ref> | ||