![]() ![]() Hamza is not included in the table above because it has the same numeric value as Alif because it is the letter that marks the glottal stop in Arabic. ![]() How 786 is equal to Bismillah?īased on the numeric values above, if we break “Bismillah al-Rahman al-Rahim” in arithmetic values, we would get the following numbers. If we add all these numeric values, the sum total would be 786 and that is how this number is used as a shorter or numeric form of the phrase “”Bismillah al-Rahman al-Rahim” Significance of the Number & its Origin We are taking all the letters used in the phrase and the arithmetic values assigned to it. The interesting thing to know here is that this practice is not from the time of the Prophet nor mentioned in Quran. This arrangement of the Abjad method was done much later, most probably in the 3rd century of Hijrah during the ‘Abbasid period, following other Semitic languages such as Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Chaldean, etc. ![]() This was merely the practice of some of our pious predecessors in India who decided to use the Abjad method and came up with the number 786. ![]()
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