And then nothing is suitable for the alif except the compound letter, which is the lām, for it is composed of alif and nūn. When the digital lām is compounded, not the verbal lām, the word lām occurs, its form in the number is compounded from two letters, so it does the verbal act of the one, which is the same thing, and the inscription does the act of the alif and nūn, and so on, every letter is compounded and acts as a verb. The Ra and Zai are distant, just as the Nun is near, because the Nun is a compound letter from Zai, behind, and I want the letters of the number .