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The final analysis of the code 786

Friday, February 1st, 2008

The final analysis of the code 786 – it is relevant in ‘Islam for “Bismillah” 786_bismillahAND in Hindu’s for “Hare Krishna”786_hare_krishna as personally have analyzed.
Keeping the sanctity of the Qur’an in mind one should, as a matter of interest, know the origin of the code 786. Nasr, the son of ‘Asim ‘al Laythiy, a great Arabic scholar, encoded the Arabic alphabet.
Strange as it might seem only code 786 caught the imagination of people who religiously used it over the years, even today.

The code for each letter of the Arabic alphabet reads as follows:

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therefore, if encoded adds up to 786.

Some examples of modern innovations.

a. To spread brightly – coloured sheets over the graves or shrines of saints (‘auliyas) as an act of piety.

b. To perform religious or ceremonial acts at shrines e.g. making tawaf around shrines.

c. To participate in Urs (commemorating the death of a saint) celebrations.

d. Burning incense to activate the spirits.

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Abjad

Sunday, January 1st, 2006

Abjad
Abjad letter-numerals are the letters of the Arabic alphabet given numerical values. They could thus be used in various combinations to represent any number from 1 to 1999. It is not a place-notational system, for their value does not depend upon their position relative to one another. Thus the number 652 would be represented by the letters kha’, [= 600], nun [= 50], and ba’ [= 2], no matter in what order the letters were arranged. The name abjad comes from the first four letters in the sequence to which values 1, 2, 3, and 4 were assigned, that is, letters, alif, ba’, jim, and dal. The symbol for zero was derived from Greek astronomical and mathematical manuscripts where a symbol was often used as an abbreviation for the Greek word ouden, meaning “nothing”. The letter-numerals for numbers 1 through 50 were the same throughout the Islamic lands, but there were differences between the Western areas and the Eastern when it came to assigning letters to the remaining values, as can be seen in the following table:

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786

Saturday, January 1st, 2005

786 is the integer coming after 785 and before 787.

In mathematics
786 is a sphenic number. 50 can be partitioned into powers of two in 786 different ways (sequence A000123 in OEIS).

786 might be the largest n for which the value of the central binomial coefficient {}_{2n}\!C_n is not divisible by an odd prime squared. If there is a larger such number, it would have to be at least 157450.

In astronomy
In the New General Catalogue, NGC786 is a magnitude 13.5 spiral galaxy in the constellation Aries. Additionally, 786 Bredichina is an asteroid

In religion
The Arabic letters of the opening phrase of the Qur’an sum to the numerical value 786 in the system of Abjad numerals. Not all Muslims place emphasis on this numerological analysis; however, some — mostly in Pakistan, India, Myanmar and Bangladesh — use 786 as a substitute for Bismillah (“In the name of Allah” or “In the name of God”).

Area code
786 is an area code in Miami-Dade County. As an overlay area code, it shares geography with other codes in order to increase the area’s pool of usable numbers, bringing ten-digit dialing to the Florida Keys.

Numerology
The total value of the letters of “Bismillah al-Rahman al-Rahim” according to

one Arabic system of numerology is 786.

There are two methods of arranging the letters of the Arabic alphabet. One method is the most common alphabetical order (used for most ordinary purposes), beginning with the letters Alif ?, ba ?, ta ?, tha ? etc. The other method is known as the Abjad numerals’ method or ordinal method. In this method the letters are arranged in the following order: Abjad, Hawwaz, Hutti, Kalaman, Sa’fas, Qarshat, Sakhaz, Zazagh; and each letter has an arithmetic value assigned to it from one to one thousand. (This arrangement was done, most probably in the 3rd century of Hijrah during the ‘Abbasid period, following the practices of speakers of other Semitic languages such as Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Chaldean etc.)

If you take the numeric values of all the letters of the Basmala, according to the Abjad order, the total will be 786. In the Indian subcontinent the Abjad numerals have become quite popular. Some people, mostly in India and Pakistan, use 786 as a substitute for Bismillah (“In the name of Allah” or “In the name of God”). They write this number to avoid writing the name of God, or Qur’anic verses on ordinary papers, which can be subject to dirt or come in contact with ‘unclean’ materials. This practice does not date from the time of Muhammad and is not universally accepted by Muslims.

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