What is your opinion, O Shaykh, regarding the disjointed letters at the beginnings of the surahs?
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The questioner : O our Shaykh, regarding the disjointed letters at the beginning of the surahs, what do you say about them?
The Shaykh : From which aspect?
The questioner : Their meaning.
The Shaykh : They do not have a specific meaning, but they are most like the particle of attention in the Arabic language, namely "Ala" (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 attention and alertness. So "Ala" is like saying "O man who teaches others," for the word must be preceded by "Ala" for the speech to be correct. "O man who teaches others," "O people," "Ala, O people." So here, before "O people," "Ala" is a particle of attention, meaning it awakens the hearts and prepares them to pay attention to the speech that will be delivered to them. This is a known style in the Arabic language, this word "Ala". So the Qur'an came to them with a form of divine miracle in the types of openings they did not know, especially those with length, "like Ha-Mim-Sin-Kaf", which draws attention. So they should pay attention, but they do not have a specific meaning.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : And naturally, no explanation for such a thing came in the Sunnah, so it is said that perhaps the wisdom is such and such, otherwise Allah knows best.
The Shaykh : From which aspect?
The questioner : Their meaning.
The Shaykh : They do not have a specific meaning, but they are most like the particle of attention in the Arabic language, namely "Ala" (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 attention and alertness. So "Ala" is like saying "O man who teaches others," for the word must be preceded by "Ala" for the speech to be correct. "O man who teaches others," "O people," "Ala, O people." So here, before "O people," "Ala" is a particle of attention, meaning it awakens the hearts and prepares them to pay attention to the speech that will be delivered to them. This is a known style in the Arabic language, this word "Ala". So the Qur'an came to them with a form of divine miracle in the types of openings they did not know, especially those with length, "like Ha-Mim-Sin-Kaf", which draws attention. So they should pay attention, but they do not have a specific meaning.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : And naturally, no explanation for such a thing came in the Sunnah, so it is said that perhaps the wisdom is such and such, otherwise Allah knows best.