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Is the phrase "نص حكيم قاطع له سر" (A wise, decisive text that has a secret) correct regarding the disconnected letters in the Qur’an?

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The disconnected letters at the beginning of the Surahs have no meaning, but they do have significance.

"نص حكيم قاطع له سر" (A wise, decisive text has a secret) is a sentence that gathers the disconnected letters found at the beginning of the Surahs, totaling fourteen letters. These letters do not include all the letters of the Arabic alphabet.

Some scholars believe that these letters were mentioned to demonstrate the miraculous nature of the Qur’an, as it is composed of the same letters with which people communicate, and every Surah that begins with disconnected letters mentions the triumph and greatness of the Qur’an.

There are also other collections of these letters, such as "ألم يسطع نور حق كره" (Has the light of disliked truth not shone?) and "طرق سمعك النصيحة، وصن سرًا يقطعك حمله" (Advice has reached your ears, and guard a secret whose burden would cut you off).

This collection of disconnected letters is considered among the curiosities of knowledge and the rare coincidences, and nothing significant results from it.

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