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Published by allthatsparkles95 on 14 December, 2010 - 22:24

Aslamalaikum Everyone,
So Okay I was writing a letter to my uncle in Hong Kong and I got told that whenever writing a letter in urdu you put the number 786 at the top.
Why You Ask Me?
This is because in the quran bismillah is written 786 times. I know Cool isn't it? Smile

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Submitted by RI_RS on 14 December, 2010 - 22:27

Why not just write Bismillah then?

Weird :/

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Submitted by TPOS on 14 December, 2010 - 22:34

allthatsparkles95 wrote:

This is because in the quran bismillah is written 786 times.

That's not right. It's actually got something to do with how each letter represents a number and all the letters in bismillah add upto 786.

Also apparently thats a load of rubbish too. Is it?

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Submitted by allthatsparkles95 on 14 December, 2010 - 22:46

well I don't know about you guys but, my teacher told me this and she is my ustaad so I can't really say that it is a pile of rubblish to her can I?
AS for Rawr18, would u rather write 3 numbers or bissmilahirahmanirahim when writing a letter, try writing it in urdu and It will literally take a line!

Submitted by MuslimBro on 15 December, 2010 - 02:19

ThE pOwEr Of SiLeNcE wrote:
Also apparently thats a load of rubbish too. Is it?

To write 786 in lieu of the Basmala is permitted. The numeral 786 represents the abjad [letter-numeral] value of the Basmala [Bismillaah al-Rahmaan al-Raheem]. If there is fear of disrespect for the Basmala if written in full then it may be preferable to use the number 786 instead. Occasional use of abjad numerals has long been current among the Ulema.

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Submitted by Bilan on 17 December, 2010 - 00:00

cool, u got an uncle in hong kong!! (wish i did)

au contaire to what everyone else has said, I thought 786 stood for Allah??? i know theres a nasheed group called 786....

PS: do people still write letters lol...wheres the email revolution??!! :shock:

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Submitted by LookingToSee on 4 January, 2011 - 23:42

tutut.

made this friend online and we were talking how we dont get letters. so we exchanged addresses and sent letters Biggrin

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Submitted by Bilan on 5 January, 2011 - 21:03

Lilly wrote:
tutut.

made this friend online and we were talking how we dont get letters. so we exchanged addresses and sent letters Biggrin

well if thts not being anti-social, i dnt knw wht is (!) lol

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Submitted by LookingToSee on 6 January, 2011 - 20:59

bilan wrote:
Lilly wrote:
tutut.

made this friend online and we were talking how we dont get letters. so we exchanged addresses and sent letters Biggrin

well if thts not being anti-social, i dnt knw wht is (!) lol

eh? eh? eh? i think i missed soemthing? oh....are you saying im exchanigng letters with random strangers instead of real life people? i betcha cant guess where she lives?

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Submitted by You on 6 January, 2011 - 21:01

next door?

"hey, open the door so I can give you a letter"

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Submitted by LookingToSee on 6 January, 2011 - 21:04

You wrote:
next door?

"hey, open the door so I can give you a letter"

nah... further. i can tell you i had to pay THREE QUID for one of them letters... exxxxpensivveeee

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Submitted by Bilan on 6 January, 2011 - 21:21

LOOOOOOOL @ You!!! Biggrin

@ lills, i was being sarcastic, u said u were anti-social right???? hw can u be when u hand write letters to someone else?????
where does she live then????

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Submitted by LookingToSee on 6 January, 2011 - 22:35

a clue. An island.

actually thats the second clue.

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Submitted by Bilan on 7 January, 2011 - 17:59

is it japan????

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Submitted by LookingToSee on 8 January, 2011 - 05:20

bilan wrote:
is it japan????

i wish..but no...

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Submitted by s.b.f on 8 January, 2011 - 14:51

bilan wrote:

PS: do people still write letters lol...wheres the email revolution??!! :shock:

I hope the letter revolution sticks around forever.

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Submitted by LookingToSee on 8 January, 2011 - 15:09

s.b.f wrote:
bilan wrote:

PS: do people still write letters lol...wheres the email revolution??!! :shock:

I hope the letter revolution sticks around forever.

do you often receive/write letters?

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