Word Repetitions In The Qur'an

In the Qur'an, various inter-related words are miraculously repeated the same number of times or in the same multiples depending on their meaning. See the following: Miracles of the Qur'an, Harun Yahya, Araştırma Press.

Say: 'If both men and jinn banded together to produce the like of this Qur'an, they could never produce anything like it, even if they backed each other up.' (Surat al-Isra: 88)

The Number 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 mentioned in the words of the Qur'an: "There are nineteen in charge of it." (Surat Al-Muddaththir: 30) This number is encoded in various places in the Qur'an. Some examples of this can be listed as follows:

* The Formula consists of 19 letters.

* 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.

* The first revealed Sura, 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.

* Furthermore, the first verse of Surat an-Nasr, which speaks of the help of Allah, contains 19 letters.

* 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."

(The Arabic letters are shown here without the accent marks)

* Letters of the word "wahd"

* Numerical Values of the Letters

* Total abjad value of the word 19

* 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.

* The total of these numbers (again without taking repetitions into account) is 162,146. This is 19 x 8534:
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 8534).

* 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).

* 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).

* Other calculations on the subject are: in the Qur'an as a whole

* The word Rasul (messenger) appears 513 (19x27) times,

* The word Atee (obey) appears 19 times,

* The word Rab (not used with suffix) appears 152 (8x19) times and

* The words Abd (servant), Abid (one who serves) and Abudu(worship) appear a total of 152 (8x19) times.

This Qur'an could never have been devised by any besides Allah. Rather it is confirmation of what came before it and an elucidation of the Book which contains no doubt from the Lord of all the worlds. Do they say, "He has invented it"? Say: "Then produce a sura like it and call on anyone you can besides Allah if you are telling the truth." (Surah Yunus: 37-38)

(For detailed information, see, Miracles of the Qur'an, Harun Yahya)

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