MİLEL VE NİHAL

Volume: 2, number:1
 December 2004

Jafr and abjad from the point of value of knowledge:
the metaphysics of letters and numbers

Abstract: This study examines the concepts of jafr and abjad from the point of their value of knowledge. It analysis these concepts as a historical phenomenon based upon allegorical explanations. Such sectarian movements as Ishmailiyyah, Batiniyyah and Ikhwan al-Safa are examined as case matters. The study also discusses whether the explanation of the verses of the Qur’an according to the technique of abjad is appropriate to Islam.

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