▁his ▁work , ▁he ▁asks ▁if ▁Max ▁is ▁familiar ▁with ▁k ab bal ah . ▁The ▁numer ological ▁interpretation ▁of ▁the ▁Tor ah ▁and ▁the ▁ 2 1 6 - letter ▁name ▁of ▁God , ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁Sh em ▁Ha M ef or ash , ▁are ▁important ▁concepts ▁in ▁traditional ▁Jewish ▁myst ic ism . ▁ ▁Q ur an ▁Another ▁religious ▁reference ▁is ▁when ▁Max ▁is ▁in ▁the ▁market ▁looking ▁for ▁today ' s ▁newspaper , ▁there ▁is ▁a ▁rec itation ▁from ▁Q ur an , ▁in ▁the ▁background , ▁cit ing ▁Q ur an ▁ 2 : 1 4 0 : ▁" Or ▁do ▁you ▁say ▁that ▁Abraham ▁and ▁I sh ma el ▁and ▁Isaac ▁and ▁Jacob ▁and ▁the ▁Des c end ants ▁were ▁Jews ▁or ▁Christians ? ▁Say , ▁' Are ▁you ▁more ▁knowing ▁or ▁is ▁Al lah ?' ▁And ▁who ▁is ▁more ▁un just ▁than ▁one ▁who ▁conce als ▁a ▁testim ony ▁he ▁has ▁from ▁Al lah ? ▁And ▁Al lah ▁is ▁not ▁una ware ▁of ▁what ▁you ▁do ." ▁ ▁Sch iz op hren ia ▁The ▁film ▁strongly ▁suggests ▁that ▁the ▁main ▁character ▁Max ▁C ohen ▁is ▁actually ▁a ▁par ano id ▁sch iz op hren ic . ▁The ▁sound track ▁uses ▁sc ree ch ing ▁and ▁disturb ing ▁t ones ▁that ▁are ▁them atic ▁of ▁aud itory ▁hall uc in ations ▁experienced ▁by ▁such ▁patients . ▁The ▁character ▁of ▁De vi , ▁the ▁old ▁man ▁in ▁the ▁met ro , ▁people ▁of ▁large ▁corpor ations ▁st alk