Gematrical Value

I seek refuge in ALLAH from satan the rejected.

In the Name of ALLAH, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.

Arabic Gematrical Value (GV)

The gematrical value is the value assigned to each letter of the Arabic alphabet. This system arose before numeral systems were imported, such as the Hindu numeral system, which the Arabs brought to the West. This numeral system is the one used in Indo-European languages (such as English), and is referred to as the Hindu-Arabic numeral system.

The most notable of gematrical value systems, in which letters are assigned values and used as numerals, is the Roman numeral system:

These are a few examples of Roman numerals to give you an idea of the numerical system.

Numerals were created by the juxtapositions of the values listed above. For example, 2297 would be written in the Roman numeral system as MMCCXCVII. This information was verified using Compton's Encyclopedia, 1990 edition, volume 17, page 438.

When the Quran was revealed, 14 centuries ago, the numbers known today did not exist. A universal system of the Arabic, Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek alphabets were used as numerals. The number assigned to each letter is its "Gematrical Value". The numerical values of the Arabic alphabet are shown in the following table:

• For example, the gematrical value of the word "Allah" -  - is (from right to left) 1 + 30 + 30 + 5 = 66.