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FAQ: Mahmoud A. Wahab's Book 'The Disconnected Letter 'Nun' at Surah Al-Qalam'
TL;DR
Mahmoud A. Wahab's study offers a novel interpretation of the Qur'anic letter 'Nun' that could provide scholars with a methodological advantage in deciphering other disconnected letters.
Wahab's book systematically analyzes the letter 'Nun' through Qur'anic coherence, ancient Egyptian cosmology, and Hebrew Bible parallels to decode its symbolic meaning as primordial waters.
This research bridges Islamic, Egyptian, and Hebrew traditions, fostering deeper interfaith understanding and appreciation of shared cultural and spiritual heritage.
The study reveals how a single Arabic letter connects creation myths across three major religions through the symbolic concept of primordial waters.
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The book argues that the disconnected letter 'Nun' (ن) opening Surah Al-Qalam (68:1) is not an undecipherable cipher but a meaningful sign encoding the primordial waters—'Nun' in ancient Egyptian cosmology—confirmed by Qur'anic coherence and illuminated by parallels in the Hebrew Bible.
Mahmoud A. Wahab is a researcher and writer who has released a new study titled 'The Disconnected Letter 'Nun' at Surah Al-Qalam: In Relation to Ancient Egyptian Religion, Hebrew Bible & Qur'anic Coherence.'
The press release is dated January 27, 2026, from Albany, NY.
The author grounds his reading in four pillars: the letter Nun, ancient Egyptian religion, the Hebrew Bible, and Qur'anic coherence, with the Qur'an retaining interpretive primacy.
Wahab adopts a coherence-first approach where each sūrah is treated as a thematic unit and the Qur'an's arrangement is considered purposeful; outside materials are weighed only insofar as they corroborate Qur'anic language and structure.
Al-Qalam (68) sits between Al-Mulk (67), which proclaims divine sovereignty and creation, and Al-Haqqah (69), which portrays final judgment. Al-Qalam, introduced by 'Nun' and an oath by the Pen, forms a bridge between creation and destiny.
In Egyptian thought, Nun is the deified backdrop: the limitless, dark primordial ocean from which the first mound and creator-gods emerge. All Egyptian creation schools share this watery substrate, and ritual life continually re-enacted emergence from this Deep.
The book notes parallels between Genesis 1:2's tĕhôm (the Deep) and Egypt's pre-creation schema, with similarities judged 'too close to be accidental' while maintaining the biblical polemic that demythologizes the Deep.
When read within its immediate nazm and in light of cross-cultural water-cosmologies, 'Nun' most plausibly signals the primordial waters—a symbol that coherently links origin (creation) → decree (Pen/inscription) → destiny (judgment) across the Al-Mulk/Al-Qalam/Al-Haqqah triad.
Wahab's contribution is methodological as much as lexical: it shows how Qur'anic arrangement and thematic unity can unlock the muqaṭṭaʿāt (disconnected letters), with comparative materials serving as supporting witnesses, resulting in an integrative reading that ties together creation, knowledge, and judgment.
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