Al-Baqara · 2:1
الٓمٓۚ
Alif Lam Mim
الٓمٓ
alif lām mīm
- Meaning
- Alif Lām Mīm
- Part of speech
- Disconnected letters (ḥurūf muqaṭṭaʿa)
- Role
- Opening letters of the sūra
- Case
- No grammatical case (recited as letters)
- Grammar
- Three separate letters recited by name — alif, lām, mīm. Fourteen sūras open with such letters; their full meaning is known to God. They take no case and hold no role in a sentence; they stand on their own.