﴿ بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ الٓمٓ ﴾

“Alif. Lam. Mim.”

Muqatta‘at, which in Arabic means abbreviated or shortened letters, are symbolic letter combinations. They appear respectively at the beginning 29 chapters of the Quran in the form of Alif Lam Mim, Ha Mim, Nun, Ayn Sin, Qaf, etc. They also appear as chapter names, such as Ta Ha, Ya Sin, Sad and Qaf.