- Synopsis
- A Note on Dates
- A Note on Transliteration
- Introduction
- Theory One – Allāh alone knows their meaning
- Theory Two – mystical signs with a symbolic meaning
- Theory Three – mnemonic devices summarising the contents of the chapters which they prefix
- Theory Four – an example of the orthography of the early Arabic alphabet in the Qur’ān
- Theory Five – the numerological significance of the disconnected letters
- Theory Six – the letters are vocatives alluding to the Prophet
- Theory Seven – the letters hold a semiotic significance
- Theory Eight – the letters are abbreviations
- Theory Nine – the letters were a means of ordering, redacting and editing the Qur’ānic corpus
- Theory Ten – the letters are names of redactors or readers of various chapters
- Theory Eleven – the letters are a doxological or liturgical device used to introduce the rhyme scheme of the chapters that they prefix
- Conclusion and Recommendations
- Appendix One: list of the Muqaṭṭa’āt in the Holy Qur’ān
- Appendix Two: list of the Muqaṭṭa’āt in the context of the verses that they precede
- Appendix Three: co-occurrence of the Muqaṭṭa’āt across chapters
- Bibliography
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Wednesday, January 30 2008 by saba7saba7
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