Ha Mim

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Ha Mim is a pair of Arabic disjointed letters that appear at the beginning of several chapters (surahs) of the Qur’an as part of its mysterious opening letter combinations.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Arabic letter combination
Quranic disjointed letters
mysterious letters in the Quran
appearsAtPosition beginning of surahs
appearsInSurah Surah Ad-Dukhan NERFINISHED
Surah Al-Ahqaf NERFINISHED
Surah Al-Jathiyah NERFINISHED
Surah Ash-Shura NERFINISHED
Surah Az-Zukhruf NERFINISHED
Surah Fussilat NERFINISHED
Surah Ghafir NERFINISHED
appearsInText Quran NERFINISHED
consistsOfLetter Ha
Mim
formsGroupWith Ha Mim surahs
hasAlternativeSpelling حم
Ḥā-Mīm
hasCategory Arabic linguistics
Islamic theology
Quranic studies
hasFirstLetterName Ha
hasFullyKnownMeaning no
hasInterpretationStatus subject of exegetical debate
hasLanguage Arabic
hasLetterCount 2
hasMysticalStatus yes
hasNumberOfSurahs 7
hasOrthographicType consonantal letters
hasQuranicTerm ḥurūf muqaṭṭaʿāt
hasReligiousTradition Islam NERFINISHED
hasRole opening formula in the Quran
hasScriptDirection right-to-left
hasScripturalContext Quranic revelation
hasSecondLetterName Mim
hasTransliteration Ha Mim
Ḥā Mīm
isConsidered part of the Quranic text
isOftenGroupedWith Alif Lam Mim NERFINISHED
Ta Sin Mim NERFINISHED
isRecitedAs separate letters
ḥā mīm
isSubsetOf disjointed letters of the Quran
mentionedInDiscipline tafsir
ulūm al-Qur’an
precedes main body of the surah
writtenForm حم
writtenInScript Arabic script

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ha Mim Sajdah hasOpeningLetters Ha Mim
subject surface form: Surah Fussilat