Magnificent Seven

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• Magnificent Seven
• A Presentation by
• Najib Khan Surattee
• najib_009_at_yahoo.com.sg
• 07/07/07

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• Why is the number 7 so special?

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• General Knowledge
• We know that there are 7 special facts
• 1 7 days in a week
• 2 7 colors in a rainbow
• 3 7 layers of heavens
• 4 7 continents in the world
• 5 7 oceans in the world
• 6 7 orbits in an atom
• 7 7 layers of the earth

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• Mathematics
• 1 x 7 3 10
• 14 x 7 2 100
• 142 x 7 6 1000
• 1428 x 7 4 10000
• 14285 x 7 5 100000
• 142857 x 7 1 1000000
• 1428571 x 7 3 10000000
• 14285714 x 7 2 100000000
• 142857142 x 7 6 1000000000
• 1428571428 x 7 4 10000000000

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• Biology
• Most mammals neck have 7 bones
• The no. of openings into the humans head is 7
  mouth, 2 eyes, 2 ears, 2 nostrils
• Chemistry
• The most abundant gas on Earth, Nitrogen, has
  Atomic No 7
• There are 7 Rows in the Periodic Table
• The Halogens are found in Group 7
• The pH of pure water is 7

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• Physics
• There are 7 SI Base units Metre, Kilogram,
  Second, Kelvin, Ampere, Mole and Candela
• There are 7 colours in the visible light Red,
  Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet
• The atmosphere consists of 7 layers Troposhere,
  Stratosphere, Ozonosphere, Mesosphere,
  Thermosphere, Ionosphere, Exosphere
• Astronomy
• There are 7 visible (to the naked eye) stellar
  objects Sun, Moon, Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, Venus
  and Saturn

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• For us, Muslims, the number 7 is very
  significant.
• We prostrate (sujud) on our 7 bones
• We circumambulate (tawaf) around the Kaaba 7
  times
• We walk between Safa and Marwah (sai) 7 times
• We stone at Satan (at the Jamarat) 7 times
• There are 7 gates to Hell
• Our Prophet s.a.w.said about young children
  Command him to pray upon reaching the age of 7.

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• There are 7 Shades provided in the Hereafter
• We clean (purify) something that is najis 7
  times
• The takbir during the Eid prayer (for 1st
  rakaat) is made 7 times
• Allah made the creation of mankind pass through
  7 stages
• Our beloved Prophet Muhammad s.a.w. lived for 63
  (7x9) lunar years
• We are required to say Istighfar at least 70
  (7x10) times a day

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• Allah has sent the destructive wind on the
  people of Aad for 7 consecutive nights
• The people of Prophet Yusof (a.s.) was tested
  with 7 years of famine
• When Allah gave the example of charity, He
  compared it to a grain (of corn) it grows 7 ears
  and each ear has a hundred grains
• Charity is multiplied 700 times
• There are 70 000 members of the Muslim Nation
  who will enter Paradise without questioning

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• It is a sunnah to perform aqiqah for the new
  born baby on the 7th day
• We are advised by our Prophet s.a.w. to treat
  our children differently every 7 years of their
  growth
• 1 7 play with them
• 8 14 discipline them
• 15 21 be a friend to them
• 22 28 give them freedom to take action
• In the war of Badr, there were 77 Muhajirin
  fighting. It ended with 70 dead among the
  musyrikin and 70 prisoners of war.
• Our Prophet Muhammad s.a.w. went for Isra and
  Miraj on the 27th day of the 7th month of the
  Hijr Calendar.

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• Code 7 in the Quran

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• The following are observed in the Quran
• 1 The first surah, Al Fatehah, has 7 verses
• 2 The first number to be mentioned is 7
• 3 The first surah that has a verse for
  prostration is Surah No. 7
• 4 The first kalimah Allah mentioned in Surah
  Al Baqarah is in verse 7
• 5 The maximum number that the kalimah Allah
  is mentioned in a verse is 7, in Surah
  Muzzammil, Verse 20

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• 6 The 7th surah counting from surah An-Naas
  is Surah Al Kautsar. It is the only surah which
  does not contain any letter mim
• 7 The number of times the 7 heavens are
  mentioned is 7 and the number of times the
  phrase established on His Throne is also 7
• 8 Surah Yasin (the heart of the Quran)
  contains 7 mubin. The 7th mubin is found at
  verse 77.

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• 9 Both Prophet Adam (a.s.) and Prophet Isa
  (a.s.) are mentioned 25 times. The first time
  their names are mentioned together in the same
  verse is at the 7th time each of their names are
  mentioned (Surah No. 3, verse 59)
• Verily, the likeness of Isa before Allah is
  the likeness of Adam

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• 10 In Surah Al Kahf the word cave is
  mentioned 7 times. The maximum number of people
  mentioned is also 7
• 11 Surah An-Nahl mentions 7 types of liquids
  sperm, water, blood, milk, date juice, grape
  juice and honey
• 12 The saga of Prophet Adam (a.s.) and Iblis
  is mentioned 7 times

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• 13 The no. of times Allah mentions that He
  created the heavens and earth in 6 days
  (period) is 7
• 14 The word sabbath is mentioned 7 times
• (Sabbath - abstinences for the Jewish
  people, is on the seventh day of the week)
• 15 Prophet Hud (a.s.) is mentioned 7 times.
  The first time he is mentioned is in Surah No.
  7

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• 16 The Quran is made up of all the 28 (7x4)
  letters of the Arabic alphabet
• 17 In Surah Al Hijr, Verse 9
• Verily, We, it is We Who have sent down the
  Dhikr (Quran) and surely We will guard it
  (from corruption).
• This verse contains 28 (7 x 4) letters
  equivalent to the no. of letters of the Arabic
  alphabet. It starts with an Alif and ends with
  a Nun just like in the Quran, the first Al
  Muqattaat letter is Alif and the last is
  Nun. It consists of 7 letter Nun suggesting
  that the Quran has a large percentage of its
  verses ending with letter Nun.

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• 18 There are 14 (7x2) Al Muqattaat
  (Abbreviation letters) or Futuhat
  (Introductory letters) eg Alif Lam Mim, Ya
  Sin, Ta Ha etc
• 19 These 14 Al Muqattaat form 14 (7x2)
  different symbols (spreading over 29 chapters)
• 20 Of the 14 (7x2) Surahs with the command for
  prostrations, 7 of them contains Al Muqattaat.
  The 7th is one which begins with Yaa ayyuhal
  ladzi na amanu

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• 21 There are 7 consecutive chapters that begin
  with the initials Ha Mim (Surah No. 40, 41,
  42, 43, 44, 45 and 46)
• 22 Only in Surah 42 (7x6), there are 2 sets of
  Al Muqattaat in separate verses Ha Mim and
  Ain Sin Qaf
• 23 The surah that has the phrase wa ma adra
  kama and is answered with the most number of
  times (i.e. 10 times repeatedly) is Surah Al
  Mursalat or Surah No 77. In this surah, this
  question is asked at verse no.14 (7x2) with the
  last (10th) answer is at verse no.49 (7x7)

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• 24 Between the first surah with wa ma adra
  kama (Surah 69) and the last one (Surah 104),
  there are exactly 28 (7x4) surahs.
• 25 The number of surahs that has verses which
  command for prostrations is 14 (7x2) as agreed
  by all scholars. However, Imam Syafie suggested
  prostration at Surah Al Hajj, verse 77. As such,
  this becomes the 7th verse for prostrations.
• And what will make you know what

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• 26 The last surah that mentions the name
  Allah is surah No. 112 (7x16)
• 27 Both Surah Al Fatehah Surah Al Mauun
  consist of 7 verses and have their name spelt
  with 7 letters. Both of them are related to
  solat.
• 28 Between the first surah that mentions the
  number 7 (i.e. surah no. 229) and the last
  surah that mentions the number 7 (i.e. surah
  no.7812), there are exactly 77 (or 7x11)
  surahs.
• Contribution by Abd Adaem Alkaheel

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• 7 Facts of Al Fatehah
• 1 Its name is spelt with 7 Arabic letters
• ???????
• 2 It consists of 7 verses
• And indeed, We have bestowed upon you seven of
  Al Mathani (seven repeatedly recited Verses) and
  the Grand Quran. (Al Hijr, 15 87)

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• 3 It is made up of 21 (7x3) of the letters of
  the Arabic alphabet
• ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
• ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
• 4 As such it does not have 7 letters of the
  Arabic alphabet
• ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

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• 5 According to some ulama, these letters have
  connections (initials) with the following names
  of 7 Hells
• 5.1 Thabur
• 5.2 Jahim or Jahannam
• 5.3 Kholidin
• 5.4 Zamharir

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• 5.5 Fariqoh
• 5.6 Syaqowah
• 5.7 Zulmah
• 6 It contains all the 14 (7x2) of the
  Al- Muqattaat letters
• 7 It has 14 (7x2) syadda

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• The total number of times the letters ?,
  ? and ? forming the name ???? in the
  entire surah is 49 (7x7)
• (Based on a study done by Abd Adaem Alkaheel)

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• Wirid after Fridays prayer
• While still sitting in tahiyyah akhir
  position, recite the following
• Surah Al Fatehah (7x)
• Surah Al Ikhlas (7x)
• Surah Al Falaq (7x)
• Surah An Naas (7x)
• Then, recite the following doa 4 times

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• Allahumma ya ghaniyyu ya hamid, ya mubdiu ya
  muid, ya rahimu ya wadud, aghnini bihalalika an
  haramika wa bithaatika an mashiyatika wa
  fidhlika amman siwak.
• (Some ulama suggested to be read 3 times)
• The above amalan has been taught by Al Marhum
  Ustaz Syed Abdillah Al Jufri

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• Al Mussabbaat (The Seven)
• To be read before syuruk (after solat subuh)
  and/or just before magrib
• This wirid is practised by most ahli sufi like
  Imam Al Ghazali, Sheikh Abdul Qadir Al Jailani
  and Imam Syed Abdullah Al Hadad. It is also
  known as a gift from Nabi Khidir (a.s.)
• It is also a wirid never missed by Al Marhum
  Ustaz Syed Abdillah Bin Ahmad Al Jufri

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• 1. Surah Al Fatehah (7x)
• 2. Ayatul Kursi (7x)
• 3. Surah Al Kafirun (7x)
• 4. Surah Al Ikhlas (7x)
• 5. Surah Al Falaq (7x)
• 6. Surah An Naas (7x)

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• 7. Read Tasbih, Tahmid, Tahlil and Takbir (7x)

8. Send Blessings on the Prophet s.a.w. (7x)
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9. Istighfar for yourself, your parents, the
righteous people, muslims whose alive and dead
(7x)
10. Doa, Munajat to Allah s.w.t. (7x)
(Please write an e-mail to me if you need the
details of this wirid)
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• End Of Presentation
• Thank you
• May this presentation brings you closer to Allah
  s.w.t. Amin!