ʿilm al-Ḥurouf
ʿilm al-Ḥurouf or science of letters is an Arabic esoterism science which is interested in the symbolism that the letters of the Arabic alphabet may contain. It is often considered an occultist science.
Etymology
ʿilm al-Ḥurouf (arabe:علم الحروف) is composed with two words ʿilm which means "science", and al-Ḥurouf, plural form of the word Ḥarf which may be translated into "letter".
Numerology of the Arabic alphabet
Arabic alphabet | name | numerological value |
---|---|---|
ا | ʾalif | 1 |
ب | bāʾ | 2 |
ج | ǧīm | 3 |
د | dāl | 4 |
ه | hāʾ | 5 |
و | wāw | 6 |
ز | zāy | 7 |
ح | ḥāʾ | 8 |
ط | ṭāʾ | 9 |
ي | yāʾ | 10 |
ك | kāf | 20 |
ل | lām | 30 |
م | mīm | 40 |
ن | nūn | 50 |
س | sīn | 60 |
ع | ʿayn | 70 |
ف | fāʾ | 80 |
ص | ṣād | 90 |
ق | qāf | 100 |
ر | rāʾ | 200 |
ش | šīn | 300 |
ت | tāʾ | 400 |
ث | ṯāʾ | 500 |
خ | ṯāʾ | 600 |
ذ | ḏāl | 700 |
ظ | ẓāʾ | 800 |
ض | ḍād | 900 |
غ | ġayn | 1000 |
Bibliography
- Sciences occultes et Islam, Pierre Lory, Annick Regourd, Institut français de Damas, 1993, ISBN 2901315046, ISBN 9782901315049.
- Coran et talismans : textes et pratiques magiques en milieu musulman, Hommes et sociétés, Constant Hamès, KARTHALA Éditions, 2007, ISBN 2845868731, ISBN 9782845868731.
- René Guénon, Les Symboles de la Science Sacrée, Éditions Gallimard, Paris, "La Science des lettres", "Les Mystères de la lettre Nun", "La Montagne et la Caverne"
- Michel Valsan, L’Islam et la fonction de René Guénon, Éditions de l’Œuvre, Paris, un symbole idéographique de l’Homme Universel, le Triangle de l’Androgyne et le monosyllabe Ôm'.
- Ibn Arabi, Les Illuminations de La Mecque, Albin Michel, Paris, 1997, "La Science des lettres", translation and commentary by Denis Gril.
- Charles André Gilis, Les sept étendards du califat, Éditions Al-bouraq, Paris, 1993.
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