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THE MATHEMATICAL MIRACLE

Is it possible that this most complicated dovetailing method of guarding and preserving the Holy Qu'ran, could have come about by fluke, by chance, by accident, by COINCIDENCE? Could a non-conscious computer have created this miracle of "Purity of style, of Wisdom and of Truth" as Rev. Bosworth-smith opines? The Author of the Quran has gone out of His Way to show us that His Book is no Fluke; that a conscious mind was involved in its production. He leaves tell-tale marks, "fingerprints," clues for us to discover His Mighty Hand.

If any human author had undertaken such a supernatural task as writing such a Book as the Quran, surely he would at least have had some hesitation in attempting to surmount the impossible. God Almight could easily have solved these problems real or deliberately created without making us a witness to His effortless "effort"; but He wants to draw our attention to His Conscious task. He demonstrates to us that if a human being had written the Quran, and even if everything went well with him, he would still be left over with an extra     Qaf. You see, after having written the two     Qaf containing Suras and counting them, would have been confronted with 115     Qafs and not 114 as we find them now. If Muhummed had been their author, then further, we could well imagine his extra difficulty that of the first composing the Sura in his head, because he could neither read nor write. Once having "written" them in his head, he would then have to memorise them. Imagine memorising the unwritten words which you have never seen or even heard being repeated to you! When the Holy Prophet was ready to dictate any protion of the Quran, he called his scribes and began to "read". as if he were reading out of a book (Holy Quran 29:48); it seemed as if they had been memorised.

Let us assume for a moment with the sceptic that Muhummed (?) accomplished the above impossible feat and then added the Qafs in both the    Qaf containing Suras and found himself left with 1 remainder, which he dad to eliminate before dictating. It would have been the easiest thing in the world to erase the very first     Qaf, but for the reason already given he had to retain it. The next     Qaf occurs immediately in the words that follows:

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BY THE GLORIOUS QUR'AN

He had more then thirty other synonyms for this one word

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"Quran" in the Quran itself. Synonyms like "al'Kitaab," "al'Furqan," "al-Burhan," "al'Dhikr," "at-Tanzeel" etc. and we would have been none the wiser about what the Author had done, but he wants to drive the point home that     Qaf stands for Quran as "A" is for "apple." Furthermore the impact would have diminished. Our Author is a perfectionist. So he will continue to scan for a     Quf to eliminate, in his "head." Around verse 13 he comes across the biggest cluster of     Qafs. Five to be Exact. He must eliminate one of these. Let us examine Fig. 19 and readverses 12, 13, and 14.

Fig. 19

There are only 4     Qafs here. Yes, but there were supposed to be 5. "Do you mean to say that the Qur'anm has been changed?" You ask. "No," I say. "Then, how can you account for your contradictory statements?" You see, the Author - God or Muhummed - had intended 5     Qafs between these 3 verses. The clue is in Verse 13. Look at the encircled word       "Ikhwan Lut" (Brethren of Lut). It ought to have been       "Qawmu Lut" (People of Lut).Why       "Qawmu Lut"? Because the Author has consistently described the people of Lot as       "Qawmu Lut,"        "Qawmu Lut" 12 times through out the Quran in different places. Why should the Quthor Who is so unvarying in His Description of this abominable people, who were destroyed for their unnatural lust, described them the thirteen" time in the "thirteenth" verse as     "Ikhwano Lut." Any attentive reader would have noticed the changed formula in verse 13. Any human author, knowing the beauty of using synonyms and yet remaining consistent a dozen times would have naturally repeated        "Qawmu Lut" and made His baker's dozen (13). In that case there would have been 58        Qafs in Sura        "Qaf" and 58 is not a multiple of 19. Did He not say - 'I will make you to reckon with 19?'

There is only one other Sura which has a single "Initial" affixed to it and that is Sura Sad, the 38th Chapter of the Holy Quran. Please note that as in suras 50 and 68 where the initials        "Qaf" and        "Nun" respectively are never translated, so too the        Sad remains Sad in Sura 38. No translator had the temerity to give them meanings. Interpretation, yes; translation, no! By the Grace of God, we see today, God's own Mathematical scheme to guarantee His Word against corruption. A system so simple and so easy to verify - one that even a child could follow. But how was it possible that our great commentators - ancient and modern - had overlooked these obvious and irrefutable fact? The answer is easy - 'The time was Not Ripe.' it was inopportune!

With Chapter 38 two other Suras share the same common denomination of        Sad. They are Suras 7 and 19. See. Fig. 20. Where more than 1 letter dccur in a combination of "initial," we were to count them all and find them to be multiples of 19, but here we are concerned solely with     Sad. They are Suras 7 and 19. See. Fig.20. Where more than 1 letter occur in a combination of "Initials," we were to count them all and find them to be multiples of 19, but here we are concerned solely with        Sad the common denominator betwen the 3 Suras. The total is 152 Sad's An exact multiple of 19 (19 x 8)!

But let me remind you that our Author is not interested in just a single letter as above. Note that in Sura &, four letters are involved, and in Sura 19, five letters. Together with Sura 38 in this set of letters, He is taking 10 no end to our wonderment. Was all this answer to Muhummed's prayers? He was ever beseeching his Lord. "O Allah! Increase me in knowledge! O Allah! Expand my understanding! O Allah! Increase me in my wonderment!"

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In sura 7 -              "Alif, Lam, Mim, Sad." There are 2572    Alif's 1528     Lam's, 1165     Mim's and 98     Sad's adding to a grand total of 5358 (19 x 282).

In Sura 19        
"Kaf, Ha, Ya, Ain, Sad."

In the first Sura of the "set" under discussion, i.e. Chapter 7, we find another Clue, tell-tale mark or "finger-print" of its Divine Author. In verse 69 (Fig. 21), please study the word              "Bastatan." Note that it is spelt

With a     "Sad," buton top of that     "Sad" is a tiny     "Sin," to tell us that though     "Sad" is written, we must pronounce it as "Sin," In the Language of the Arabs, a hundred million of them, in their numerous dialects, there is not a word -         "Bastatan" with "Sad." Arabic is a phonetic language. We spell actually as we articulate, un like English wherein you pronounce 'nife' but spell it as "Knife," of 'filosofer' but spell it as "philosopher." Then why the variant spelling in the word            

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It is related that while our Holy Prophet Muhummed was dictating the above verse 69, when he came to the word         "Bastatan", he told his scribe that 'jibraeel says, spell the word         "Bastatan" with a "Sad," so they spelt it with a     "Sad" and so it has remained for 1400 years. The question arises, did not the scribes of Muhummed, know how to spell? Certainly they knew how to spell, (See fig. 22) and you will observe in 2:247 that the same word         "Bastatan" is spelt with a     "Sin." If they could spell it correctly here then why the difference in 7:69? Well it makes no difference to the meaning weather the word is spelt with a     "Sin" or with a     "Sad." This is true just like the English word "docile," wheather spelt 'dosile' of 'docile' the meaning remains the same; "circle" or "sircle" the meaning does not change. But why should Gabriel tell them how to spell the word in the first place?

For almost over a thousands years the Holy Quran was being copied by hand, and transmitted from father to son. There were no printing presses for over thousand years after the Quranic Revelation. Every learned man while transcribing by hand, when he came to 2:247, he spelt the word         "Bastatan" automatecally; no effort at all in spelling because the language was phonetic. But when the same scribes came to 7:69 each and every one of them must have been perturbed at the "wrong"(?) spelling. Peraps his father or grandfather must made a slip? No! He dared not change the spelling because the angel of God had dictated it so. And so it has remained. Not a single copy of the millions written by hand has a "revised" spelling. Had any wise guy taken this liberty at rectification of the word of God, we would have been short of just ONE     "SAD," in the 3 "Sad" initialled Suras, Living us with 151     "Sad" and 151 is not a multiple of "19."

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How can you not bow down your head in absolute amazement and prayer before such an Author, the Omnipotent, Pminiscient, Omnipresent God of the Universe, Who is granting us signs after signs to recognise Him? Verily, He has fulfilled His Promise!

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WE HAVE, WITHOUT DOUBT, SENT DOWN THE MESSAGE;

AND WE WILL ASSUREDLY GUARD IT (against corruption).
{Holy Quran 15:9}

Every Chapter of the Quran which has "initials" affixed at the head of it, follows this same wonderful, aweinspiring pattern. Count the number of times the "Initials" occur in the Suras and divide them by 19, and without exception the answer is always exact multiple of 19! Who had the time and the ability to invent this most intricate mathematical system? Surely, not Muhummed, the busiest man in history! If cynics still wants us to believe that Muhummed must have had some computer hidden away in the sand wherein he had programmed his Quran on this mathematical basis. I for my part would sooner accept this "Computer Theory" then that Muhummed the Man - flesh and blood in all respect had contrived such a complex interlocking Mathematical system to guard his "insight" from corruption.

In this treatise I have barely touched the tip of the "iceberg" of this phenomenal discovery. To those who wish to delve deeper into this subject. I heartily recommend a booklet and tape by Dr. Rashad Khalifa, Ph.D, available from the "Islamic Tape Libarary," 318 Sayani Center, 165 Grey Street, Durban for R3,00. (South African Currency) Postage paid. I am personally indepted to Dr. Khalifa for opening my eyes on this subject. May Allah grant him long life to selflessly serve the Cause of Islam.

But before we leave the Mathematical miracle, allow me to present to you my last diagram on the "Muqatta-aat," (Fig. 23) dealing with the Sura with         "Alif, Lam, Mim" Combinations. Simply copy down on a sheet of paper the tabulated information and merely check up the total. Leave the individual counting of the letters to the "Electronic Wizards" - the Computers. You will immediately realize the gargantuan nature of this super-human task so wrongly attributed to Muhummed.

The     "Alif," and the     "Lam" and the     "Mim" of these 8 Suras amount to a staggering 26676! to suppose that Muhummed kept count for 23 years and divided this stupendous number in his head and was satisfied only when his answer was 19 x 1404, is beyond belief. But still more startling is the fact, that he told nobody about his gigantic mathematical abilities - not even to Abu Baker, his bosom friend and companion, not even to his dear wife Bibi Aisha Siddiqa (R.A.) He claimed no credit for it to his dying day. Can you account for this staggering silence?

74:30 Over it are nineten.

Background to the beginning

Scientific proof of Quranic Revelations

The purity of the Holy Book

Authentication from the giants of the literature

Over it are Nineteen

Calculations and the Centuries

There was no human author

The mathematical miracle

Prophecy and fulfilment