“Kufa Se Mil Rahe Hain Kisi Shaher Ke Adad,
Darta Hoo Ae Anees Kahin Lucknow Na Ho”– Mir Babbar Ali Anees
Abjad numbers are used to assign numerical values to alphabets. Kufa is 111 (20+6+80+5) and Lucknow is also 111 (30+20+5+50+6). The common Islamic phrase ‘bismillāh al-Raḥmān al-Raḥīm (In the name of Allah, the most merciful, the most compassionate ) has a numeric value of 786 (2+60+40+1+30+30+5+1+30+200+8+40+50+1+30+200+8+10+40).