MATHEMATICAL
MIRACLES OF THE QUR'AN
WORD
REPETITIONS IN THE QUR'AN
UMEROLOGICAL
CALCULATIONS (ABJAD) IN THE QUR'AN
THE
MIRACLE OF 19 IN THE QUR'AN
WORD REPETITIONS IN THE QUR'AN
Apart from the miraculous characteristics of the Qur'an which we have
looked into so far, it also contains what we can term "mathematical miracles."
There are many examples of this fascinating Qur'anic aspect. One example
of this is the number of repetitions of certain words in the Qur'an. Some
related words are surprisingly repeated the same number of times. Below
is a list of such words and the number of repetitions in the Qur'an.
The statement of "seven heavens" is repeated seven times. "The creation
of the heavens (khalq as-samawat)" is also repeated seven times.
"Day
(yawm)" is repeated 365 times in singular form, while its plural
and dual forms "days (ayyam and yawmayn)" together are repeated
30 times. The number of repetitions of the word "month" (shahar)
is 12.
The
number of repetitions of the words "plant" and "tree" is the same: 26
The
word "payment or reward" is repeated 117 times, while the expression "forgiveness"
(mughfirah), which is one of the basic morals of the Qur'an,
is repeated exactly twice that amount, 234 times.
When
we count the word "Say," we find it appears 332 times. We arrive at the
same figure when we count the phrase "they said."
The
number of times the words, "world" (dunya) and "hereafter" (akhira)
are repeated is also the same: 115
The
word "satan" (shaitan) is used in the Qur'an 88 times, as is
the word "angels" (malaika).
The
word faith (iman) (without genitive) is repeated 25 times throughout the
Qur'an as is also the word infidelity (kufr).
The
words "paradise" and "hell" are each repeated 77 times.
The
word "zakah" is repeated in the Qur'an 32 times and the number
of repetitions of the word "blessing" (barakah) is also 32.
The
expression "the righteous" (al-abraar) is used 6 times but "the
wicked" (al-fujjaar) is used half as much, i.e., 3 times.
The
number of times the words "Summer-hot" and "winter-cold" are repeated
is the same: 5.
The
words "wine" (khamr) and "intoxication" (saqara) are
repeated in the Qur'an the same number of times: 6
The
number of appearances of the words "mind" and "light" is the same: 49.
The
words "tongue" and "sermon" are both repeated 25 times.
The
words "benefit" and "corrupt" both appear 50 times.
"Reward"
(ajr) and "action" (fail) are both repeated 107 times.
"Love"
(al-mahabbah) and "obedience" (al-ta'ah) also appear
the same number of times: 83
The
words "refuge" (maseer) and "for ever" (abadan) appear
the same number of times in the Qur'an: 28.
The
words "disaster" (al-musibah) and "thanks" (al-shukr)
appear the same number of times in the Qur'an: 75.
"Sun"
(shams) and "light" (nur) both appear 33 times in the
Qur'an.
- In counting the word "light" only the simple forms of the word were
included.
The
number of appearances of "right guidance" (al-huda) and "mercy"
(al-rahma) is the same: 79
The
words "trouble" and "peace" are both repeated 13 times in the Qur'an.
The
words "man" and "woman" are also employed equally: 23 times.
Will they not ponder the
Qur’an? If it had been from other than Allah, they would have
found many inconsistencies in it.
(Qur’an, 4:82) |
The
number of times the words "man" and "woman" are repeated in the Qur'an,
23, is at the same time that of the chromosomes from the egg and sperm
in the formation of the human embryo. The total number of human chromosomes
is 46; 23 each from the mother and father.
"Treachery"
(khiyanah) is repeated 16 times, while the number of repetitions
of the word "foul" (khabith) is 16.
"Human
being" is used 65 times: the sum of the number of references to the stages
of man's creation is the same: i.e.
Human being 65
Soil (turab) 17
Drop of Sperm (nutfah) 12
Embryo ('alaq) 6
A half formed lump of flesh (mudghah) 3
Bone ('idham) 15
Flesh (lahm) 12
TOTAL 65
The
word "salawat" appear five times in the Qur'an, and Allah has
commanded man to perform the prayer (salat) five times a day.
The word "land" appears 13 times in the Qur'an and
the word "sea" 32 times, giving a total of 45 references. If we divide
that number by that of the number of references to the land we arrive
at the figure 28.888888888889%. The number of total references to land
and sea, 45, divided by the number of references to the sea in the Qur'an,
32, is 71.111111111111%. Extraordinarily, these figures represent the
exact proportions of land and sea on the Earth today.238
NUMEROLOGICAL CALCULATIONS (ABJAD) IN THE QUR'AN
Every letter in the Arabic alphabet has a numerical
(gematrical) value. In other words, in Arabic every letter stands for
a number. A number of calculations can be made from this basis. These
are referred to as numerological (abjad) calculations or "hisab al-jumal."239
Muslims who took advantage of the fact that every letter of the alphabet
represents a number have used this in a number of fields. Ilm'ul Jafr
is one of these.
Jafr is the science of foretelling what is likely to
happen in the future. One of the methods employed by people who engage
in this is to compare symbolic forms and letters' numerological values.
The main difference between "abjad" and "jafr" methods
is that the former refers to what has already taken place and the latter
to what is likely to take place in the future.240
This method of calculation is a form of writing which goes back several
centuries and which was widely used before the revelation of the Qur'an.
Everything which happened in Arab history was written down by attributing
numerical values to letters thus the date of every event was recorded.
These dates were obtained by adding up the particular numerical values
of every letter employed.
When certain verses of the Qur'an are examined in the light of the "abjad"
method, we see that a number of dates emerge which are fully in accordance
with the meanings of those verses. When we see that things referred to
in these verses actually happened on the dates obtained by this method,
we understand that there is a secret indication regarding those events
in the verses. (Allah knows best.)
The 1969 Moon Landing is Indicated in the Qur'an
The Hour has drawn near and the moon has split. (Qur'an,
54:1)
The Arabic word "inshaqqa" (split) used in the above verse
is derived from the word "shaqqa," which can also be used to mean "causing
something to rise, ploughing or digging the soil":
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We pour down plentiful water, then split
the earth into furrows. Then We make grain grow in it, and grapes
and herbs and olives and dates and luxuriant gardens and orchards
and meadows.
(Qur'an, 80:25-31)
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As we can see, the word "shaqqa" in the above verse is not being
used in the sense of "dividing into two" but of "slicing through the soil,
reaping various crops." When evaluated in this sense, the meaning of the
word "shaqqa" in the expression "the moon has split"
(Qur'an, 54:1) can also be seen to be referring to the 1969 moon landing
and the studies performed on the moon land. (Allah knows best.) In fact,
there is another very important indication here: Some of the "abjad"
values of certain words in this verse in Surat al-Qamar also point to
the figure 1969.
One important point which needs to be stressed in this method of calculation
is the likelihood of producing very large or irrelevant numbers. Despite
the probability of a relevant number emerging being exceedingly small,
it is striking that such a clear figure should result.
The Hour [has drawn near] and the moon has split.
Hijri: 1390, Gregorian: 1969
In 1969, American astronauts carried out research on the Moon, dug the
soil up with various pieces of equipment, split it and carried specimens
back to Earth.
We must, however, make it clear that the splitting of the Moon is of
course one of the miracles given to our Prophet (saas) by Allah. This
miracle is revealed thus in a hadith:
The people of Mecca asked Allah's Apostle to show them a miracle. So
he showed them the moon split in two halves between which they saw the
Hiram' mountain. (Sahih Bukhari)
The above miracle is the splitting of the Moon revealed in the verse.
However, since the Qur'an is a Book that addresses all times, one may
think of this verse as referring to the exploration of the Moon in our
own day. (Allah knows best.)
THE MIRACLE OF 19 IN THE QUR'AN
Another mathematical miracle of the Qur'an is the manner in which the
number 19 is numerologically encoded in verses. This number is stressed
in the words of the Qur'an: "There are nineteen in charge of it."
(Qur'an, 74:30), and is encoded in various places in the Book. Some examples
of this can be listed as follows:
The Formula consists of 19 letters.
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The
Qur'an consists of 114 (19 x 6) Suras.
The
first Sura to be revealed (Sura 96) is the 19th from the end.
The
first verses of the Qur'an to be revealed are the first five verses of
Sura 96 and the total number of words in these verses is 19.
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As we have seen, the first five verses consist of 19 words. The "
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" are not included in the calculation either.
The
first Sura to be revealed, Surat al-'Alaq, consists of 19 verses and 285
(19 x 15) letters.
Surat
an-Nasr, the final Sura to be revealed, consists of a total of 19 words.
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Furthermore, the first verse of Surat an-Nasr, which speaks of the help
of Allah, contains 19 letters.
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There are 114 Formulas in the Qur'an or 19 x 6.
A total of 113 Suras in the Qur'an start with the formula. The only Sura
not to start with one is the ninth, Surat at-Tawba. Surat an-Naml is the
only Sura to have two formulas. One of these is at the beginning and the
other in verse 30. Counting from Surat at-Tawba, which does not begin
with the formula, Surat an-Naml follows 19 Suras on.
There is a formula at the beginning of the 27th Sura, Surat an-Naml,
and in verse 30. There are thus two formulas in the 27th Sura. It is the
formula in the 30th verse of the 27th Sura which completes the total of
114 formulas in the Qur'an. When we add together the number of the verse
and the number of the Sura, 30 and 27, we find the number 57 (19 x 3).
The total number of Suras from Surat at-Tawba (9) to Surat an-Naml (27)
is 342 (9 + 10 + 11 +12 +13 +14 +15 +16 + 17 + 18 + 19 + 20 + 21 + 22
+ 23 + 24 + 25 + 26 + 27). That figure is 19 multiplied by 18.
The
sum of all the occurrences of the name "Allah" in all the verses whose
numbers are multiples of 19 (i.e., verses 19, 38, 57, 76, etc.) is 133,
or 19 x 7.
The
"abjad" value of the word "wahd" meaning "one" is 19.
This word is used with various other words in the Qur'an, such as one
door, one variety of food. It is used 19 times together with the name
"Allah."
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Letters of the
word "wahd" |
Numerical Values
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The
total of the Sura and verse numbers of the occasions when the word "wahd"
appears 19 times is 361: (19 x 19).
The
Arabic word "wahdahu," meaning "worship only Allah,"
appears in the verses 7:70, 39:45, 40:12, 40:84 and 60:4. When these figures
are added up without numbers being repeated, the resulting total is 361
(19 x 19).
The
number of verses between the first initial letters (Alif, Lam, Mim; Surat
al-Baqara 1) and the final initial letters (Nun; Surat al-Qalam 1) is
5,263 (19 x 277).
There
are 38 (19 x 2) Suras without initial letters between the first Sura which
has initial letters and the last to have them.
The
word "Rahman" (All-Merciful) appears 57 (19 x 3) times in the
Qur'an.
Thirty
different numbers are mentioned in the Qur'an.
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20 |
80 |
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90 |
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10 |
40 |
100 |
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200 |
50.000 |
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300 |
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The total of these numbers (again without taking repetitions into account)
is 162,146. This is 19 x 8,534:
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 8 + 9 + 10 + 11 + 12 + 19 +20 + 30 + 40 +
50 + 60 + 70 + 80 + 99 + 100 + 200 + 300 + 1,000 + 2,000 + 3,000 + 5,000
+ 50,000 + 100,000 = 162,146 (19 x 8,534).
In
addition to these thirty numbers, the Qur'an also refers to eight fractions:
1/10, 1/8, 1/6, 1/5, 1/4, 1/3, 1/2 and 2/3. The Qur'an thus contains a
total of 38 (19 x 2) different numbers.
The
Sura from the beginning to possess 19 verses is Surat al-Infitar. Another
feature of this Sura is that its final word is "Allah." At the same time,
this is the 19th appearance of the name "Allah" from the end.
The
50th Sura, which begins with the letter Qaf, contains a total of 57 (19
x 3) letters Qaf. There are also 57 letters Qaf in the 42nd Sura with
a letter Qaf at the beginning. The 50th Sura contains 45 verses. Added
together, these total 95 (19 x 5). There are 53 verses in the 42nd Sura.
These again total 95 (42 + 53).
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42nd Sura |
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42nd Sura |
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The
abjad value of the word "Majeed," used for the Qur'an, in the
first verse of Surah Qaf is 57 (19 x 3). As we have stated above, the
total number of letters Qaf is also 57.
When
we add together the number of times that the letter Qaf appears in the
Qur'an, we reach a total of 798 (19 x 42). Forty-two is the number of
another Sura with Qaf among its initial letters.
The
letter Nun appears at the beginning of only the 68th Sura. The total number
of times it appears in that Sura is 133 (19 x 7).
When
we add together the number of verses (including the formulas) in Suras
the number of which are multiples of 19, the following is noteworthy:
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19x1 |
19th Sura |
99 |
19x2 |
38th Sura |
89 |
19x3 |
57th Sura |
30 |
19x4 |
76th Sura |
32 |
19x5 |
95th Sura |
9 |
19x6 |
114th Sura |
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The
letters Ya and Sin appear at the beginning of Surah Ya Sin. The letter
Sin appears 48 times in Surah Ya Sin and the letter Ya 237 times. The
total of these letters is 285 (19 x 15).
Only
one Sura, the seventh, begins with the initial letters "Alif, Lam, Mim,
Sad." The letter Alif appears in this Sura 2,529 times, the letter Lam
1,530 times, the letter Mim 1,164 times and the letter Sad 97 times. These
four letters thus appear a total of 2,529 + 1,530 + 1,164 + 97 times,
or 5,320 (19 x 280) times.
The
letters Alif, Lam and Mim are the most frequently used letters in Arabic.
They appear together at the beginning of six Suras: numbers 2, 3, 29,
30, 31 and 32. The number of times these three letters appear in each
of these six Suras is a multiple of 19. In order: 9,899 (19 x 521), 5,662
(19 x 298), 1,672 (19 x 88), 1,254 (19 x 66) and 817 (19 x 43). The total
number of times all these three letters appear in the six Suras is 19,874
(19 x 1,046).
The
initial letters Alif, Lam and Ra appear in Suras 10, 11, 12, 14 and 15.
The total number of times these letters appear in these Suras is 2,489
(19 x 131), 2,489 (19 x 131), 2,375 (19 x 125), 1,197 (19 x 63) and 912
(19 x 48).
The
frequency with which the initial letters Alif, Lam, Mim and Ra appear
is 1,482 (19 x 78) in total. The letter Alif appears 605 times, Lam 480
times, Mim 260 times and Ra 137 times.
The
initial letters Qaf, Ha, Ya, 'Ayn and Sad appear in only one Sura, the
19th. The letter Qaf appears 137 times in this Sura, Ha 175 times, Ya
343 times, 'Ayn 117 times and Sad 26 times. The total number of appearances
of these five letters is 137 + 175 + 343 + 117 + 26 = 798 (19 x 42).
Other findings on this subject include:
In the whole of the Qur'an,
- the word "atee" (obey!) appears 19 times,
- the words "Abd" (servant), "abid" (a person who serves)
and "abudu" (worship) appear a total of 152 (19 x 8) times,
The numerical abjad values of some of the names of Allah given
below are also multiples of 19:
- Al-Wahid (The One) 19 (19 x 1)
- Aj-Jami (The Gatherer) 114 (19 x 6)
19: AN EXTRAORDINARY NUMBER
The number 19 is the total of the numbers 9 and 10 to the power of 1.
The difference between the numbers 9 and 10 to the power of 2 is again
19.
The Sun, Moon and Earth line up in the same relative
positions once every 19 years.241
Halley's Comet passes through the Solar System once
every 76 years (19 x 4).242
There are 209 (19 x 11) bones in the
human body.243 The number
of bones in the human hand is 19.244
The place of the number 19 in the Pascal triangle
The total of the first 19 figures in the Pascal triangle is 38 (19 x 2).
Pascal’s triangle is an arithmetical one used in algebra and
probability calculations.
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The total of the first 19 numbers in the Pascal triangle is 57 (19 x
3).
Figure 2: The first 19 figures
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Conclusion:
The total of the first 19 figures is a multiple of 19.
The total of the first 19 numbers is a multiple of 19.
The connection between the number 19 and the Pascal triangle with regard
to the revelation sequence of the Qur'anic verses
The
96th Sura, the first revealed, comes 19 before the end. It consists of
19 verses and contains a total of 285 letters (19 x 15). The first five
verses of the revelation contain 76 (19 x 4) letters.
The
first verses of the 68th Sura, the second to be revealed, consist of 38
(19 x 2) words.
The
third revelation, the 73rd Sura, contains 57 (19 x 3) words.
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It [the Qur’an]
is simply a reminder to all the worlds. You will certainly know
the truth of it after a while.
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