CALCULATIONS AND THE CENTURIES
To make his Book unique, Muhummed is supposed to have said to himself
again: 'The first sentence of my Book must have 19 letters.' How in heaven
or earth is one to get a sentence with 19 letters to start a book, except
by trial and error? If you and I dear reader, were to adopt such
a hurdle to begin a book we would have to begin guessing sentences that
crop up in our minds. To give you my own examples when I tried to experiment
with this handicap, the sentence - "The quick brown fox jumps
over the lazy dog" came foremost in my mind. I quickly counted
the letters and alas they were 35. Too far out! What about "Honesty
is the best policy?" Sorry, just 3 letters too many. What about "Once upon a time" or "Ba ba black sheep?" you will simply have to write your thoughts and count the letters. There
is no other way. I can give a logical explanation to these brain waves
of mine and so would you if you tried this experiment; but to no avail.
Perhaps in your lifetime you may not come across a sentence with 19 letters
to start your book. But our author (?) Muhummed hit the "jackpot," He hit the "bull's eye." We must not forget we supposed
him to have been a genius of feniuses. He began.
arabic text here
IN THE NAME OF ALLAH, MOST GRACIOUS, MOST MERCIFUL.
Count the letters, they are exactly NINETEN: 19 x 1 = 19.(see fig. below).
I have made the counting easy for you. Please verify this fact for your
self before proceeding any further.
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How did this happen? "Coincidence!" blurts out materialist,
sceptical friend. Since we had already discounted the 5previous "coincidences,"
we will agree with our friend that this coincidence can happen now for
the first time. But did Muhummed not say - "Over it are
19?" That nineteen will be imposed upon you, 'that 'You will
have to reckon with nineteen!' Yes, he did, but surely Muhummed could
not have meant to be so literal in his (?) threat, reasons the unbeliever.
Say that Muhummed (?) again said to himself - This first sentence with
19 letters was too easy for me, what I am now going to do is - I will
see to it that every word is this first sentence of mine will be repeated
in my Book an exact number of times which will be a MULTIPLE of 19. To
verify whether our Author (?) succeeded in this stupendous undertaking,
we would have to have the Holy Qur'an Computerised. We have not the time
and the patience to thumb through the Qur'an again and again to count
each word and each letter. Let us then scrutinise the computerised date.
(See fig below).
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The first word --------- meaning "NAME" occurs 19
times in the Qur'an, only (19 x 1 = 19). How did this happen? The
unbeliever bleats - "coincidence." in our new list of coincidence
this is now the second. The first time in your list of "coincidencds"
it was POSSIBLE, but surely a second time it is IMPOSSIBLE! How ever,
let us ask the computer how many times the word -------- meaning "GOD" occurs in the Qur;an? "2698" comes the answer in an instant.
Get out your calculators and divide by 19. 19 x 142 = 2698 on the dot
is the answer. How did this happen? "Coincidence" again? "Yes."
You do not see that it is begining to get IMPOSSIBLE?! Let us see the
next word ------- meaning "THE MOST GRACIOUS." How many?
The answer is 57. (19 x 3 = 57). How did this happen? Yes, again. It must
be a MIRACLE! The next word ------- meaning "THE MOST MERCIFUL." How many times? The answer is 114, (19 x 6 = 114). How did this happen?
"C-o-i-n-c-i-d-e-n-c-e" is the monotonous, but now barely audible
reply. The odds of this happening is already more than a MIRACLE. It is
more than what any man can do, even Muhummed.
The last word -------- "The Most Merciful" occurs 114 times,
the exact number of the Chapters of the Qur'an as if fairly divided one
------- "the Most Merciful" for each Sura. We do not
have to be geniuses to realise by now that Muhummed could never have worked
out all this without any learning, without any paper and pencil, without
computers and calculators.
But for a Book to be from God, it must carry some proof of its authenticity.
Every authentic document carries the seal of its source. A Summons or
a Writ from the Supreme Court have their unmistakable seal. The passport
has its seal embossed so that none can forge another picture into it.
The Qur'an to have itself recognised as being from God should also carry
such a stamp from God. And it does! The formula
Arabic text
"IN THE NAME OF ALLAH, MOST GRACIOUS, MOST MERCIFUL"
Whether written as here in a straightline or in a form of a monorgram
as you see in (fig below). This seal may be made out of wood, rubber or
metal. For the 114 Suras there must be 114 Seals, one for
every Chapter of the Qur'an. Even a person not knowing Arabic will by
now be able to recognise this Seal of God at the beginning of every Chapter
of the Qur'an, but strange as it may seem at the beginning of Chapter
9 this formula is missing (see figure below). This creates a problem.
There are 114 Suras and only 113 Seals, and 113 is not a
multiple of 19, yet the author had set out as promised 'to make you
reckon with OVER IT ARE NINETEEN"
Arabic text
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The beauty or the aesthetic value consists in smoothly overcoming problems
in an act, whether in acrobatics, aerobatics, aquabatics or mathematics.
Create a problem and then solve the problem. But how did the problem arise
in Sura 9 in the first place? You see, Sura 9 is known as Sura Tauba meaning "Repentence." It is an ultimatum given to the "mushriks"
who had just broken a treaty which they had solemnly entered into with
the Muslims. Note that at the end of verse 3 (see fig above) Allah says:
AND PROCLAIM TO THE UNBELIEVERS A GRIEVOUS PENALTY.
When the Lord delivers such a dire warning, argues the scholars, then
it is not befitting that the verse should begin with the beautiful auspicatory
prayer of Grace and Mercy. It is a normal procedure in human relationship
that when one party unilateraly breaks a pledge or treaty that the aggrieved
party will not go into niceities when warning or delivering an ultimatum.
One does not begin - "I am a very kind hearted, magnanimous and
compassionate fello ... but I will wring your neck if you do not hand
back my wallet!" A very reasonable and logical explanation but
that won't solve our problem - 114 SURAS and 113 BISMILLAHS
In Short we are one "SEAL" short! Our Author (Allah and Not Muhummed) was not oblivious of this fact. Watch Him solve His self-created
problem. Like a Master Mathematician who creates problems only to awe
us with His ability in solving them. |
