Answer: You had asked in your letter about the letters ALM, etc., starting out various chapters of the Quran. Surah Al Qalam (the Pen #68) begins with: In the Name of Allah, The Most Beneficent, The Most Merciful.
"Nun.."
{These letters (nun, alief, seen, meem, lam, Ta Ha, saud, dhad, etc.) are one of the miracles of the Quran, and none except Allah, knows their meanings}
Guess what? Nobody really has the definitive answer on this one. None of the people at the time of Muhammad, peace be upon him, knew the answer either. Nor did they ask the prophet, peace be upon him, nor did he ever volunteer anything. This is considered a closed subject with the Muslims today. They were recited by the prophet, peace be upon him and by all of his companions and they passed it on to their companions the same way. No one can take them out of the Quran as this would then make a change that has never happened in 1,400 years and has never been that much of an issue if the first place. There has been some speculation on this subject to some extent amongst scholars, but there never has been a definitive answer, nor is there really one needed. I recall someone doing a large investigation about this subject in Egypt some years back. I heard the results of the study and I was frankly not very impressed. This person had taken all of the letters and tried to use a computer to figure out any or all possibilities of using any or all of the words to make something out of it. But his only conclusion was that a combination of each of the letters used only once could form a sentence that meant, It is truth, contains dangerous secret. (This may well be the truth, but what would be the advantage of knowing this?) NOTE: Be careful about listening to people offer commentary on these types of subjects. I do recall someone doing a large investigation about this subject in Egypt some years back. I heard the results of the study and I was frankly not very impressed. This person had taken all of the letters and tried to use a computer to figure out any or all possibilities of using any or all of the words to make something out of it. But his only conclusion was that a combination of each of the letters used only once could form a sentence that meant, It is truth, contains dangerous secret. (This may well be the truth, but what would be the advantage of knowing this?) | 
