Ha Mim

E787813

Ha Mim is a pair of Arabic disjointed letters that appear at the beginning of several chapters (surahs) of the Qur’an as part of its mysterious opening letter combinations.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Ha Mim canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Arabic letter combination ⓘ
Quranic disjointed letters ⓘ
mysterious letters in the Quran ⓘ
appearsAtPosition beginning of surahs ⓘ
appearsInSurah Surah Ad-Dukhan ⓘ
Surah Al-Ahqaf ⓘ
Surah Al-Jathiyah ⓘ
Surah Ash-Shura ⓘ
Surah Az-Zukhruf ⓘ
Surah Fussilat ⓘ
Surah Ghafir ⓘ
appearsInText Quran ⓘ
consistsOfLetter Ha ⓘ
Mim ⓘ
formsGroupWith Ha Mim surahs ⓘ
hasAlternativeSpelling حم ⓘ
Ḥā-Mīm ⓘ
hasCategory Arabic linguistics ⓘ
Islamic theology ⓘ
Quranic studies ⓘ
hasFirstLetterName Ha ⓘ
hasFullyKnownMeaning no ⓘ
hasInterpretationStatus subject of exegetical debate ⓘ
hasLanguage Arabic ⓘ
hasLetterCount 2 ⓘ
hasMysticalStatus yes ⓘ
hasNumberOfSurahs 7 ⓘ
hasOrthographicType consonantal letters ⓘ
hasQuranicTerm ḥurūf muqaṭṭaʿāt ⓘ
hasReligiousTradition Islam ⓘ
hasRole opening formula in the Quran ⓘ
hasScriptDirection right-to-left ⓘ
hasScripturalContext Quranic revelation ⓘ
hasSecondLetterName Mim ⓘ
hasTransliteration Ha Mim ⓘ
Ḥā Mīm ⓘ
isConsidered part of the Quranic text ⓘ
isOftenGroupedWith Alif Lam Mim ⓘ
Ta Sin Mim ⓘ
linked to: Ta Sin
isRecitedAs separate letters ⓘ
ḥā mīm ⓘ
isSubsetOf disjointed letters of the Quran ⓘ
mentionedInDiscipline tafsir ⓘ
ulūm al-Qur’an ⓘ
precedes main body of the surah ⓘ
writtenForm حم ⓘ
writtenInScript Arabic script ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Surah Fussilat → hasOpeningLetters → Ha Mim ⓘ
subject linked to: Ha Mim Sajdah