(5) The Sūratu Maryam ([xix.]) begins with the letters Kāf, Hā, Yā, ʿAin, Ṣād. كهيعص KHYʿAṢ, which Ibn ʿAbbās says stand for five attributes of the Almighty: Karīm, “Gracious”; Hādi, “Guide”; Ḥakīm (taking the middle letter), “Wise”; ʿAlīm, “Learned”; Ṣādiq, “Righteous.”
(6) The Sūratu T̤H ([xx.]), as its title implies, begins with the letters T̤ā Hā طه, which Ḥusain says may signify T̤āhir, “Pure”; Hādi, “Guide”; being attributes of God.
(7) Six Sūrahs commence with the letters Ḥā Mīm حم, ḤM, namely, Sūrahs al-Muʾmin ([xl.]), Fuṣṣilat ([xli.]), az-Zuk͟hruf ([xliii.]), ad-Duk͟hān ([xliv.]), al-Jās̤iyah ([xlv.]), al-Aḥqāf ([xlvi.]). Ibn ʿAbbās says they indicate the attribute Raḥmān, “Merciful.”
(8) The Sūratu ʾsh-Shūrā ([xlii.]) begins with Ḥa Mīm ʿAin Sīn Qāf. حمعسق HMʿASQ, which Muḥammad ibn Kaʿb understood to mean Ḥ for Raḥmān, “Merciful”; M for Raḥīm, “Gracious”; ʿA, ʿAlīm, “Learned”; S, Quddūs, “Holy”; Q, Qahhār, “Dominant”; being attributes of God.
(9) The Sūratu YS ([xxxvi.]), as its title implies, begins with the letters Yā Sīn يس, which is supposed to stand for Yā insān, “O man!”
(10) The Sūratu Ṣ ([xxxviii.]), as its title signifies, begins with the letter Ṣād ص, which some say means Ṣidq, “Truth.”
(11) The Sūratu Q ([l.]), as its name implies, begins with the letter Qāf ق, which Jalālu ʾd-Dīn as-Suyūt̤ī says stands for Qādir, “Powerful,” an attribute of God. Others think it means the mountain of Qāf.
(12) The Sūratu ʾl-Naml ([xxvii.]) begins with the letters T̤ā Sīn طس, which Muḥammad ibn Kaʿb says stand for Ẕū ʾt̤-t̤aul, “Most Powerful,” and Quddūs, “Holy,” being attributes of the Almighty.
(13) Two Sūrahs, namely ash-Shuʿarāʾ ([xxvi.]), and al-Qaṣaṣ ([xxviii.]), begin with T̤ā Sīn Mīm طسم, which supplies the addition of the attribute Raḥmān, “Merciful,” to those of the former section, indicated by T̤S.
(14) The Sūratu ʾl-Qalam ([lxviii.]) begins with Nūn, ن N, which some say stands for an ink-horn, others for a fish, and some for the attribute of Nūr, or “Light.”