QAYYŪM AL-ASMĀ'
Part XXXIV
[34]
سورة الاشارة
Sūrat al-Ishara (The Surah of the Intimation).
on
Qur'ān 12:33
Translation Stephen N. Lambden
1982-2016
[1]
بسم اللّه الرّحمن الرّحيم
In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate
[2]َ
"He said, 'My Lord, prison is dearer to me than that they call me to; yet if Thou turnest not from me their guile, then I shall yearn towards them, and so become one of the ignorant.' " (Q. 12:33 trans. Arberry).
[3]
حمرا
Ḥ-m-r-A
[Abjad = 8+40+200+1 = 249
"Crimson"
See also QA. 56-7+76
[4] H
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Textual and other Notes
QA 34:3 The 4 isolated letters of this and three others suras of the QA 56-7+76 have four isolated letters spelling Ḥ-m-r-A which when connected in sequence spell the word Ḥamrā' which means "red" or "crimson", an important colour in the cosmological mysticism of the Bāb.
