The Arabic letter Noon is equivalent to the letter ‘N' in the English
alphabet.
It is the 25 twenty-fifth letter in the Arabic character set.
Noon in 14th letter in Arabic numerology which is known as Abjad,
has the value of 50.
This article is about the spiritual meaning of the letter Noon.
In The Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
1 Noon. By the pen and that which they write
2 You are not, by your Rabb's (Lord's) grace, mad or possessed.
3 And for you is a reward unfailing.
4 And you are of a tremendous nature.
[Quran: Al Qalam Chapter 68]
The letter Noon is used as the opening letter of Chapter 68 in the Quran. It is also the 13th letter in the verse Bismillah
(shown at the top of page 1 of this book). Al Qalam, Chapter 68 verses 1 to 4
were the second Revelation to Muhammad from
Allah through Jibraeel ().
In the first Revelation, Al Alaq chapter 96, the first occurrence of the letter Noon was placed in the 25th position.
Although, in the second Revelation the letter Noon is placed as the first Arabic character. There are four further interesting points to note about this second Revelation.
· The Revelation stopped on the fourth verse on the letter Meem.
· The Revelation has exactly 68 Arabic characters in it. It has been placed in the Quran as chapter 68.
· The total number of verses in chapter 68 is equal to 52.
· This is the 25th position of the letter Noon in the first Revelation transposed to arrive at 52 verses.
· Noon's position in the Arabic character set is also 25.
The letter Noon in the verse Bismillah represents Allah is the Light of Heavens and Earth.
· We have already established that chapter Al Qalam has 52 verses with
· 42 of these verses ending in Noon.
· Since Noon can be read left to right or right to
left, if we transpose the ‘total number' of the verses of Al Qalam we arrive at
25 from 52.
· Chapter 25 is Al Furqan - The Criterion. The name
of the chapter starts with the Arabic letter Fa ().
· The criterion for the purposes of the present article is Noon and not Fa.
· On the other hand, if we take the ‘number' of verses ending in Noon (42) and transpose the number 42 we arrive at 24.
· Chapter 24 is An Noor - The Light. The name of
the chapter starts with the letter Noon. The verse that is the heart of this
chapter is:
35 Allah is the Noor (Light) of the heavens and the earth. The similitude of His Noor (Light) is as a niche where there is a
lamp. The lamp is in a glass. The glass is as a shining star. (This lamp is)
kindled from a blessed tree, an olive neither of the East nor of the West,
whose oil would almost glow forth (of itself) though no fire touched it. Noor
(Light) upon Noor (Light), Allah guides to His Noor (Light) whom He will. And
Allah speaks to mankind in allegories, for Allah is knower of all things.
[Quran: An Noor Chapter 24]
For a full explanation of the Verse of Light see Imam Ghazzali's Mishkat Al Anwar.
The important point to notice here is that the above Verse of Light starts with Alif () and
ends with Meem (
)
which we have come across before in Ayat ul Kursi, the essence of the Quran (Al
Baqara Chapter 2 verse 255). [See the Book on Meem about Starting with Alif and
ending with Meem for a fuller explanation].
· Now the verse of Light is numbered 35.
· We can either transpose the ‘total number' of verses for chapter 68 Al Qalam (52) and arrive at 25.
· Then we need to add 10 for the verses that end in Meem 25 + 10 to arrive at 35.
· Here Meem is the guiding factor. In other words,
we have to rely on the Guidance left by Muhammad for
his followers to seek Allah. Alternatively we can seek Allah directly by adding
1 for Alif to the total number of verses of Al Qalam (52) and arrive at 53.
· Then we can transpose that number and arrive at 35.
For Muslims, it is imperative that we follow the Sunnah (Example) of Muhammad when
seeking Allah. Then there is no question of failing. All the Messengers from
Adam () to
Isa () and
all the saints had to understand the Spirituality of Muhammad to
attain nearness to Allah. Muhammad is
the only one who reached Allah directly because he understood himself, or to
say it another way, he understood his position in Allah's plan, or to say it
yet another way Muhammad understood
Allah like no other person before him or after him. Hence:
1 We have given you the Fountain of Abundance (Knowledge)
[Quran Al Kawsar Chapter 108]
· This verse in Arabic starts with the letters Alif Noon Alif.
· As for the non-Muslims who follow the path of mysticism, they arrive at some degree of Truth.
· But because of their denial of the role of
Muhammad and
the Quran in this path, the Truth that they arrive at, is unclear.
· Allah has placed the Light (Noor) in all the human beings.
· It is this Noor that separates mankind from animals.
· Allah guides to His Noor (Light) whom He will.
BISMILLAH HIR RAHMAN NIR RAHEEM
An Noor, An Naafeeu
Darood (Blessings) and Salaam (Peace) on Muhammad, his
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Definition of Fellowship:
1. The companionship of individuals in a pleasant atmosphere.
2. A close association of friends sharing similar interests.
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