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Allah's Miracles in the Qur'an

Every letter in the Arabic alphabet has a numerical (gematrical)

value. In other words, in Arabic every letter stands for a number. A
number of calculations can be made from this basis. These are referred
to as numerological (abjad) calculations or "hisaab al-jummal." 253
Muslims who took advantage of the fact that every letter of the alpha-
bet represents a number have used this in a number of fields. Ilm al-jafr

is one of these.
Jafr is the science of foretelling what is likely to happen in the
future. One of the methods employed by people who engage in this is
to compare symbolic forms and letters' numerological values. The main
difference between "abjad" and "jafr" methods is that the former refers to
what has already taken place and the latter to what is likely to take

place in the future. 254

Table of Sequential & Gematrical Values of the Arabic Alphabet

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
q
V

l
u
l
a
n
e
u
a
i
t
e
S Sequential Value e
c
r
e
i
t
L
e

t
r
b
a
A Arabic Letters s
g
s
i
l
E English h alif ba jeem dal ha wow zany ha ta ya kaf lam meem noon
n
m

l
i
r
l
a
e
G Gematrical Value e 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 20 30 40 50
u
a
t
V
a
c
S Sequential Value 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
l
a
e
u
V

l
a
q
t
n
e
i
u
e
r
b
c
A Arabic Letters s

e
a
t
r
e
t
i
L
l
i
s
E English h seen 'ayn fa sod qaf ra seen ta tha kha thal dod za ghayn
g
n
u
l
e
m
i
r
G Gematrical Value e
c
a
l
a
a
V

t
60 70 80 90 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 1000
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