The Hoax of the Numerical Miracle of the Quran
The most famous proponent of this idea was Rashad Khalifa, an Egyptian biochemist
educated in the United States. According to Dr. Khalifa, there is a miraculous
numerical code to the Quran based on its "first" verse (Bismillahir-Rahmanir-Rahim),
which consists of 19 letters. This miraculous code is supposedly referred
to in verse 30 of Chapter 74 (al-Muddath-thir) which states "Over it are 19."
Based on these two premises, Dr. Rashad claims to have discovered an intricate
mathematical pattern involving 19 and its multiples throughout the Quran and
especially in what he calls the Quranic initials which precede 29 chapters
(Alif, Laam, Meem, etc.). From this discovery, Dr. Khalifa concludes that
the complexity of this mathematical code's pattern in a literary work of the
Quran's size is far beyond human capabilities, and that it alone constitutes
the only real miracle of the Quran which proves its divine origin. He further
concludes that 19 and its multiples represent the key to the correct interpretation
of the Quran and Islam, and the reason why 19 was chosen is that 19 means
"God is One," which is the message of the Quran.
Many Muslims at first received Khalifa's theories with uncritical enthusiasm.
However, when more rigorous critics began checking his numbers, they found
numerous discrepancies and some outright fabrications in his data. His claims
were based on the number of times a given letter or word occurs in a given
Surah or group of Surahs. It was discovered that he would sometimes treat
hamzahs like alifs and sometimes he wouldn't, depending on the totals he needed
in a given Surah to confirm his theory. Sometimes he counted letters that
weren't there, sometimes he failed to count existing letters, sometimes he
counted two words as one, sometimes he added to the Quranic text and sometimes
he deleted from it, all for the purpose of making the letter and word counts
conform to his theory. On top of that, his letter counts changed over time,
depending on whether he wanted to establish a pattern for a Surah by itself
or as part of a group of Surahs. When confronted with inconsistencies in his
data, he began claiming that certain verses had been inserted into the Quran
that did not belong there. After this clear statement of disbelief he went
on to claim knowledge of the exact date of the Day of Judgment and eventually
claimed prophethood for himself. He attracted a group of followers in Tucson,
Arizona, but his career was cut short when he was stabbed to death by an unknown
assailant in 1990.
Now days we as Muslims have to spread the voice to learn quran and so we could gain the true knowledge and the quran teaching that is give to us by our beloved prophet Muhammad peace be upon him and do quran reading. Do we as Muslim ask our self that why we are at the peak of destruction? The answer will be simple that we have left our roots the holy quran we should guide promote Islam from in our homes first and let learn our kids quran and encourage them in doing quran memorization this should be our first goal for it we can do different stuff like let then participate in different online quran recitation competition to let them listen quran from different online quran reciters and along with it we elders should learn quran also and improve our knowledge of quran and Islam and learn holy quran tafseer because to understand and learn quran Arabic and for this now a days there are many online quran tutor available who teach tajweed quran and its translation and tafseer so let us join our hands to be the voice of Islam and let improve the image of it as well and full fill our deputy
Now days we as Muslims have to spread the voice to learn quran and so we could gain the true knowledge and the quran teaching that is give to us by our beloved prophet Muhammad peace be upon him and do quran reading. Do we as Muslim ask our self that why we are at the peak of destruction? The answer will be simple that we have left our roots the holy quran we should guide promote Islam from in our homes first and let learn our kids quran and encourage them in doing quran memorization this should be our first goal for it we can do different stuff like let then participate in different online quran recitation competition to let them listen quran from different online quran reciters and along with it we elders should learn quran also and improve our knowledge of quran and Islam and learn holy quran tafseer because to understand and learn quran Arabic and for this now a days there are many online quran tutor available who teach tajweed quran and its translation and tafseer so let us join our hands to be the voice of Islam and let improve the image of it as well and full fill our deputy
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