Wisdom behind the disconnected letters in the beginning of some chapters of the Quran | Shamsi

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Clip taken from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWzBIsMjH7M Subscribe to the channel of DUSdawah: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2nBe2Lb4kIreaTemj40Rvw معنى الحروف المقطعة في أوائل السور - ابن عثيمين رحمه الله https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mowOVOYdeUg Shaykh uthaymeen said about this issue: "The correct opinion is that these letters in the beginning of (some) chapters in the quraan have no meaning. Due to Allaah's statement: نَزَلَ بِهِ الرُّوحُ الأَمِينُ {Which the trustworthy Ruh [Jibrael (Gabriel)] has brought down.} عَلَى قَلْبِكَ لِتَكُونَ مِنَ الْمُنذِرِينَ {Upon your heart (O Muhammad ) that you may be (one) of the warners.} بِلِسَانٍ عَرَبِيٍّ مُّبِينٍ {In the plain Arabic language.} (Surat al-Shu'araa, verses 193-195) And the Arabic language doesnt give these letters a meaning, rather these letters are letters which the speech of the people consist of. And our saying "these letters have no meaning", DOES NOT mean that we are saying that these letters have no benefit. Rather these letters have a great benefit! Their benefit is that this noble Quraan, which has made you - O arabs - unable (to bring something like it) while you are very proficient and eloquent (in the Arabic language), did not come with anything new from the letters that you do not know. Rather this Quraan consists of the letters that you know and you build your speech upon. And that which indicates this, is that you do not see any chapter (surah) that starts with these letters, except that after it you see mention of the Qur'aan. And this is the opinion of Shaykhul Islaam ibn Taymiyyah rahimahullaah, he said that they have a significance (مَغزى), but they dont have a meaning in and of itself. And you know the proof -that they dont have a meaning in and of itself- from the Quraan itself: (Allaah said:) "In the plain Arabic language" (Surat al-Shu'araa verse 195). And based upon this, if someone claims that they are letters that indicate something, then we do not follow his opinion. Because if we say that these letters indicate something that only Allaah knows about, then this means that there is in the Qur'aan things that only Allaah knows the meaning of. While Allaah took it upon Himself to clarify the Qur'aan to His servants: {And when We have recited it to you [O Muhammad], then follow you its (the Qur’an’s) recital. Then it is for Us (Allah) to make it (the Qur'an) clear to you.} (Surat al-Qiyaamah, verses 18-19) And in the Qur'aan there is no letter or word of which only Allaah knows its meaning. Never! It (the meaning) has to be known (to us)! But the sciences (levels of knowledge) differ, those who are firmly grounded in knowledge have their knowledge, and those less than them have their knowledge, and the layman has his knowledge... But as for saying that theres something in the Quraan of which nobody from the people knows its meaning, then this is something impossible! Rather, it is a must that it (the meaning) is known. Na'am."