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Search complete. 3 mentions across 2 episodes found for "Ahruf".
Sep 23, 2026
The Gnostic Origins of Islam pt1 - Manichaeans, Muslims and the Book of Elchasai
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36:40Lloyd DeJonghHOST
Now, earlier we had the Gnostic warrior talking about engineering your consciousness using words, you know, because that's what a monostic warrior does.
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36:48Lloyd DeJonghHOST
Well, you've all heard of the Ahruf, right? The seven Ahruf and all of that, right? You've heard of the Qira'at and the Ahruf, the readings.
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36:56Lloyd DeJonghHOST
Well, Huruf, Ahruf is plural of the singular harf, which means letter of the alphabet.
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37:03Lloyd DeJonghHOST
Yes, it also means word.
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37:05Lloyd DeJonghHOST
In grammar of the Arabic language, it also means a Quranic reading or a dialect.
Hany Ibrahim: The Mysticism of Letters: Language and Being in the Teachings of Ibn al-ʿArabī (Part 1)
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19:30Hany IbrahimGUEST
Huruf is the plural.
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19:32Hany IbrahimGUEST
Ahruf, the modes of the form.
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19:36Hany IbrahimGUEST
So it's huruf and also ahruf.
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19:37Hany IbrahimGUEST
But why did he put alif and took the waw out? There's a reason.