What is your opinion regarding the disjointed letters at the beginnings of the surahs?

The questioner : Shaykh, regarding the disjointed letters at the beginning of the surahs, what do you say about them?

The Shaykh : From which aspect?

The questioner : I mean their meaning.

The Shaykh : They do not have a specific meaning, but they are most like the particle of attention in the Arabic language, "ala," meaning "O people." The particle of attention was brought in the Qur'an to draw the hearts of the listeners to what will be recited to them; because the word "ala" in the Arabic language is called a particle of opening and attention. So "ala," O man who teaches others, if you remove "ala," the speech does not work, O man who teaches others, O people, "ala," O people; so "ala" is before "O people" as a particle of attention, and it means awakening the hearts and preparing them to pay attention to the speech that will be cast upon them. This is a known style in the Arabic language, this word "ala." So the Qur'an came to them with a type of divine miracle in the form of openings they do not know, especially those with length something that draws attention, so they should pay attention, meaning, but they do not have a specific meaning.

The questioner : Yes.

The Shaykh : And the Sunnah did not, of course, provide an explanation for such a thing, so it is said that perhaps the wisdom is such and such, otherwise Allah knows best.