TECHNOLOGY DERIVED FROM THE LETTER BA
Now, lets look at a technological advancement and see how that is connected with the letter Ba.
Almost everyone in this day and age has seen and maybe also used a computer. Although the computer inventors did not realise this but they have based the computers on the letter Ba which is two numbers. The computer only understands two states, on or off , which represents 1 or 0 which is called Binary format. Notice there are two states which is the numerical value of Ba or as the scientists would like to call it BI (two). The 0 represents the dot. Although the computer user may be entering numbers in decimal, the computer cannot use them. The software has to convert the decimal numbers into binary format before the hardware can do any calculations. After calculation the binary answer from the hardware has to be converted back into a decimal number by the software to make it meaningful to the computer user.
Then we look at the Quran again, and we are told by Allah:
ALLAH THE ORIGINATOR
We are told about the two states of night and day, which can be equated to 1 and 0 or 0 and 1 depending on your preference. The word creation is used in both the chapters 36 and 92, to emphasise, the 2 states. Another analogy of two states is, one state is the uncreated state and the other state is the created state. Allah's attribute of Creation is Khaliq in both cases. In the uncreated state, the thing is in a thought form, or vision. Then in created state the thing takes a physical form and appears in the world. But the actual creation is from Ba. Allah does not physically create (with hands). He does not need to:
The scientists are discovering and inventing things based on what Allah teaches us in the Quran of His signs. Yet we the Muslims shy away from the inner meanings and stick to the outer meanings. How can Muslims lead, when they are not prepared to think for themselves? How can Muslims lead, when they are not prepared to understand both the outer and inner meaning of the Quran and the way of the Messenger of Allah 
? Allah shames us by giving the discoveries to Non-Muslims perhaps we the Muslims may learn and start to combine the outer and inner meanings. Allah shames us, that perhaps we may wake up. Perhaps we may derive scientific knowledge from the Quran instead of waiting for Non-Muslims to tell us how to do this and how to do that. May Allah guide us.
FOUND THE MISSING BISMILLAH
Going back to the verse Bismillah. It is the first verse in the Quran when we open the Quran at the first page. It is displayed at the top of every chapter in the Quran except for chapter 9. The missing Bismillah is found in chapter 27 called Al Naml in verse 30. If we add the chapter number 2+7 = 9. So, it was deliberately removed from chapter 9. Now the problem is, Why verse 30 which in single figures is 3 (3 +0) and not verse 20 which would point back to Ba or 2? Well, Al Naml is placed as the third 9, (9, 18, 27) or 9 x 3 = 27. Even if we multiply chapter number with verse number we get 27 x 30 = 810 = 8 + 1 + 0 = 9. Again we are being told this is the final stage. You are looking for Bismillah, look again, but keep in mind the number 3.
Three is the numerical value of the Arabic letter Jeem (
). Jeem does not occur in this verse. So what is the number 3 pointing to?
There are only two letters which occur 3 times in Bismillah. They are Alif (
) and Meem (
). The first letter in the Name Allah is Alif (). The first letter in the name Muhammad is Meem (). The numerical value of Alif () is 1 and the numerical value Meem () is 40.
If we multiply the numerical value of Alif and Meem with the number of their respective occurrences in the verse Bismillah we get the following:
For Alif 1 x 3 = 3
For Meem 40 x 3 = 120 = (1 + 2 + 0) = 3
THE FIRST SECRET OF BISMILLAH
Therefore the first assumption of looking for the 3 occurrences was correct. The above calculation affirms it. It was not enough for Allah to give us the first Kalima La ilaha ill Allah Muhammadur Rasool Allah. He is hinting here again, that when a person reads the verse Bismillah, La ilaha ill Allah Muhammadur Rasool Allah is automatically being mentioned by the reciter without the reciters knowledge. This first Kalima is also known as Kalima Tayyab (Purity). It is the recitation of this Kalima Tayyab which purifies the Muslim spiritually. All the Messengers (
) of Allah knew that Muhammad was going to be sent by Allah as the Seal of all the Messengers (). This is another reason why the verse Bismillah was given to all the Messengers of Allah and their communities from Adam () to Isa (). The previous Messengers of Allah new the hidden secret in Bismillah. When the previous communities Messengers left them, Bismillah was taken away from them. The Muslim community have retained this verse because they have accepted the visible first Kalima. The other communities did not receive the first Kalima in the visible form. In the Kalima, the words are manifest, obvious, unmistakable. Here the words are hidden or Batin. When we recite Bismillah with total faith, Allah rewards us for reciting Bismillah once, plus the reward for saying the first Kalima three times is added to that reward. Allah is Very Generous to his creation. Muhammad left us a clue. If we look at the letters the Messenger of Allah wrote to surrounding rulers inviting them to Islam, they start with Bismillah Hir Rahman Nir Raheem Muhammadur Rasool Allah. That is the clue that the first Kalima is hidden in the verse Bismillah. The first half of the Kalima is hidden, because Allah cannot be seen in this world. The second half is visible because it is an historical fact that Muhammad the Messenger of Allah came to this world and left us Muslims the Miracle of the Quran. The following Hadees also affirms that the Muslims are rewarded more than once even though most of us do not why.
No one looks at the obvious when searching for clues. Most of the answers stare us in the face. May Allah guide us.
THE SECOND SECRET OF BISMILLAH
With the finality and completion of the Messengers, Muhammad and his followers have been blessed with retaining this verse up to the Last Day. Why?
Bismillah is the Key to heaven. Did Muhammad not find all the previous Messengers () of Allah in the Heavens on the Night of Miraaj (Ascension)? He did. They all had the Key to Heaven. They all had the verse Bismillah. It is mentioned in a Hadees the Messenger of Allah said he had seen four rivers in heaven and the source of three rivers is the three Meems () in Bismillah, and the source of one river is the letter Ha (
) in the name AllaH 
.
The name Muhammad 
has two visible Meems. The first Meem is singular. The second Meem is pronounced twice, firstly as one without a vowel (or accent) and then with the vowel that is displayed with the letter. This is hinted by Shaddah (w) over the second Meem in the name Muhammad . In writing and counting only two Meems are seen or counted. The third or hidden Meem is only brought about by pronunciation. Hence the emphasis on Zikr (or repeating the names of Allah or sending blessings on Muhammad over and over again) in the Quran. With Zikr, Allah awakens the hidden potentialities of his servant. These three Meems in the name Muhammad , of which two are visible and the third hidden, are reflections of the three Meems in Bismillah. Allah tells us in the Quran to look for the signs.
WISDOM OF THE QURAN
Notice the verse above Arabic Quran in order that you may learn wisdom.
Look at the name of the Chapter, Yusuf (Joseph). What are the first thoughts that come to mind when Yusuf (Joseph ()) the Messenger of Allah is mentioned. His good looks that Allah blessed him with. His shirt of many colours. Being thrown at the bottom of the well and sold as a slave. Keeping himself pure from the temptation. Being kept a prisoner for a time. Being released and established in rank before the ruler. His gift of interpreting dreams.
What is the wisdom mentioned in verse 2, and how do we connect it with the signs mentioned in verse 7? Yusuf () was handsome to look at. Similarly Quranic Arabic is also a visual Message if we are prepared to look for the Messages. His shirt was of many colours, and it was used to heal his father's (Yaqub's (Jacob ()) blindness. We the Muslims turn a blind eye to the visual and spiritual Message of the Quran and only go for the literal Message. Yet the Quran is a Healing and a Mercy to the Believers. Yusuf () was thrown down a well and sold as a slave. We are buried in our bodies and we have become slaves to our own preconceived ideas. We are not looking at the Quran with an open mind. Yusuf () kept himself pure from temptation, we give in to temptation, physical or mental and become impure. We cannot keep our hearts clean. Yusuf () was kept a prisoner for a time and then released and established with honour before the ruler. We have become prisoners of our lower self (Nafs) and the devils from whom we have to free ourselves, and gain our rightful honourable place before Allah. Allah is Very Forgiving. Yusuf () had a gift from Allah of interpreting dreams. We all have a specific quality given to us by Allah. We have to find what we are good at and use it for the good of our fellow beings.
BISMILLAH THE KEY TO HEAVEN
The Key to heaven is placed as the very first verse in the Quran and we keep missing it time and time again.
Some readers will say that the dots and accents were not part of the original Arabic. That is true. The dots and the accents were introduced by the Khalifah Usman Ghani (ra). He is one of the companions of Muhammad . The companions of the Messenger of Allah were spiritually enlightened by their closeness to him. Usman Ghani (ra) knew exactly what he was doing. In adding the dots and accents he revealed some of the secrets for those who have eyes. Only those people will see the hidden Messages whom Allah guides. The obvious reason for adding the accents and dots is so that anyone, anywhere in the world can recognise the letters and recite the Quran as it should be recited with the correct pronunciation. This is the main emphasis these days. How to pronounce Arabic words correctly, never mind about understanding the spiritual meaning of what we are reading. The letters forming the words are visual indication of a message. Finally when reading the Quran, the hidden letters become manifest.
After recognising Alif - Allah is our Creator through the signs of His creation. Then recognising Meem - Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah . The final stage is to recognise Ba which is our self. All these are present in the verse Bismillah. We need to recognise our own self. It is not because Allah needs our prayer. It is not because Muhammad will benefit from our prayer. On the contrary, we need Muhammad's intercession on the Day of Judgement. We have to recognise ourselves because we owe it to ourselves and nobody else. We have been sent by Allah as His Khalifah (representative). We must endeavour to attain that position before our Rabb. Only Allah Knows Best.
POEM BY DR ALAMA IQBAL
NAMES OF ALLAH
STARTING WITH THE LETTER BA