يعقوب البزاز

The Commander of the Believers, peace be upon him, said: Uthman bin Affan asked Allah’s Messenger, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, about the interpretation of the alphabet. Then the Messenger of Allah, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, said: Learn the interpretation of the alphabet, for indeed, in it are all amazing things. Woe to a scholar who is ignorant of its interpretation. Then it was said: O Messenger of Allah, and what is the interpretation of the alphabet? He said: As for the «Alif» it is the Bounties of Allah, a letter from His Names. As for «Baa’» it is the Delight of Allah. As for «Jeem» it is the Cover of Allah and the Glory of Allah and His Beauty. as for the «Daal» it is the Religion of Allah. As for «Huz“ it is the «Haa’» the «Haa’» of the Abyss , hence, woe to those who fall into the Fire. As for the «Waw» it refers to the woe to the people of the Fire. As for the «Zaay» it is a corner in the Fire, hence, we seek refuge in Allah from what is in the corner, meaning the corners of Hell. As for «Hhatti» it is the «Hhaa’» which is the falling of mistakes from the seekers of forgiveness during the night of Qadr and what Jibra’eel descended with along with the Angels till the rise of dawn. As for the «Ttaa’» it refers to Tuba for them, and a good return, that is a tree sown by Allah, Exalted and Glorious is He, and which He blew into from His Spirit, and indeed, its branches are, verily, seen from behind the lofty position of Paradise, it sprouts jewelries through jewelries, dangling at their mouths. As for the «Yaa’» it is the Hand of Allah that is Extended above His creation, Glorified and Exalted is He above what they associate. As for «Kalman» the «Kaaf» is the Speech of Allah. «There is no change for the Words of Allah» (10:64) «Never will you find, other than Him, a refuge.» (18:27) As for the «Laam» it is the familiarity of the people of Paradise among themselves with visit, greeting and peace-wishing, and the compatibility of the people of the Fire in between themselves. As for the «Meem» it is the Kingdom of Allah that does not terminate and the Permanentness of Allah that does not cease. As for the «Nun» it is «Nun. By the Pen and they inscribe.» (68:1) the Pen is a pen of Light, and there is a Book of Light in a preserved Tablet, witnessed by the Near, and sufficient is Allah as a witness. As for the «Saa’fass» the «Ssaad» refers to a Ssaa’ for a Ssaa’ and a segment , meaning that the reward is based upon requital, and that as you owe, you will be owed (likewise). Indeed, Allah does not want injustice for the servants. As for «Qarasht» it means that He assembled them and then gathered them and dispersed them until the Day of Resurrection and judged between them with the truth, and they will not be wronged. We were told of this narration by Abu Abdillah bin Abi Hamid, who said: We were informed by Abu Nasr, Ahmad bin Muhammed bin Yazid bin Abdul-Rahman al-Bukhari, in Bukhara, that he said: We were told by Ahmad bin Ahmad bin Ya’qub, son of the brother of Sahl bin Ya’qub al-Bazzaz, that he said: We were told by Ishaq bin Hamza, that he said: We were told by Abu Ahmad, Isa bin Musa al-Najjar, of Muhammed bin Ziyad al-Sukkari, of Furat in Sulayman, of Aban, of Anas, that he said: The Messenger of Allah, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, said: Learn the interpretation of Abu Jaad [1], for indeed, in it are all amazing things. And he mentioned the same narration, equivalent, letter by letter.