One of the Great Miracles

Any reader of this book can easily verify the Quran's mathematical miracle. The word “God” (Allah) is written in bold capital letters throughout the text. The cumulative frequency of occurrence of the word “God” is noted at the bottom of each page in the left hand corner. The number in the right hand corner is the cumulative total of the numbers for verses containing the word “God.” The last page of the text shows that the total occurrence of the word “God” is 2698, or 19×142. The total sum of verse numbers for all verses containing the word “God” is 118123, also a multiple of 19 (118123 = 19×6217). Nineteen is the common denominator throughout the Quran's mathematical system.

This phenomenon alone suffices as incontrovertible proof that the Quran is God's message to the world. No human being(s) could have kept track of 2698 occurrences of the word “God,” and the numbers of verses where they occur. This is especially impossible in view of (1) the age of ignorance during which the Quran was revealed, and (2) the fact that the suras and verses were widely separated in time and place of revelation.

The Quran is characterized by a unique phenomenon never found in any human authored book. Every element of the Quran is mathematically composed—the suras, the verses, the words, the number of certain letters, the number of words from the same root, the number and variety of divine names, the unique spelling of certain words, the absence or deliberate alteration of certain letters within certain words, and many other elements of the Quran besides its content.

Like the Quran itself, the Quran's mathematical coding ranges from the very simple, to the very complex. The following facts do not require any tools to be verified, but please remember they all refer to the original Arabic text:

1. 1The first verse (1:1), known as "Basmalah," consists of 19 letters.
2. 2The Quran consists of 114 suras, which is 19 × 6.
3. 3The total number of verses in the Quran is 6346, or 19 × 334. [6234 numbered verses & 112 un-numbered verses (Basmalahs) 6234 + 112 = 6346] Note that 6 + 3 + 4 + 6 = 19.
4. 4The Basmalah occurs 114 times, despite its conspicuous absence from Sura 9 (it occurs twice in Sura 27) & 114 = 19 × 6.
5. 5From the missing Basmalah of Sura 9 to the extra Basmalah of Sura 27, there are precisely 19 suras.
6. 6It follows that the total of the sura numbers from 9 to 27 (9+10+11+...+27) is 342, or 19 × 18.
7. 7This total (342) also equals the number of words between the two Basmalahs of Sura 27, and 342 = 19 × 18.
8. 8The famous first revelation (96:1–5) consists of 19 words.
9. 9This 19-worded first revelation consists of 76 letters — 19 × 4.
10. 10Sura 96, first in the chronological sequence, consists of 19 verses.
11. 11This first chronological sura is placed atop the last 19 suras.
12. 12Sura 96 consists of 304 Arabic letters, and 304 equals 19 × 16.
13. 13The last revelation (Sura 110) consists of 19 words.
14. 14The first verse of the last revelation (110:1) consists of 19 letters.
15. 1514 different Arabic letters form 14 different sets of "Quranic Initials" (such as A.L.M. of 2:1), and prefix 29 suras. These numbers add up to 14 + 14 + 29 = 57 = 19 × 3.
16. 16The total of the 29 sura numbers where the Quranic Initials occur is 2+3+7+...+50+68 = 822, and 822 + 14 (14 sets of initials) equals 836, or 19 × 44.
17. 17Between the first initialed sura (Sura 2) and the last initialed sura (Sura 68) there are 38 un-initialed suras — 19 × 2.
18. 18Between the first and last initialed sura there are 19 sets of alternating "initialed" and "uninitialed" suras.
19. 19The Quran mentions 30 different numbers: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 19, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 99, 100, 200, 300, 1000, 2000, 3000, 5000, 50,000, & 100,000. The sum of these numbers is 162,146 = 19 × 8,534.

The Quran is characterized by a unique phenomenon never found in any other book: 29 suras are prefixed with 14 different sets of “Quranic Initials,” consisting of one to five letters per set. Fourteen letters, half the Arabic alphabet, participate in these initials. The significance of the Quranic initials remained a divinely guarded secret for 14 centuries.

The Quran states in 10:20 and 25:4–6 that its miracle, i.e., proof of divine authorship, was destined to remain secret for a specific predetermined interim.

In 1968, Rashad Khalifa realized that the existing English translations of the Quran did not present the truthful message of God's Final Testament. He purchased all the available books of Quranic translations and exegeses, placed them on a large table, and began his translation. The first verse in Sura 2 is “A.L.M.” The translation of this verse took four years, and coincided with the divine unveiling of “the secret,” the great mathematical Miracle of the Quran.

The books of Quranic exegeses unanimously agreed that “no one knows the meaning or significance of the Quranic Initials A.L.M., or any other initials.” He decided to write the Quran into the computer, analyze the whole text, and see if there were any mathematical correlations among these Quranic initials.

The computer data showed that the text of the only Q-initialed suras, 42 and 50, contained the same number of Q's: 57 and 57. That was the first hint that a deliberate mathematical system might exist in the Quran.

Sura 50 is entitled “Q,” prefixed with “Q,” and the first verse reads, “Q, and the glorious Quran.” This indicated that “Q” stands for “Quran,” and the total number of Q's in the two Q-initialed suras represents the Quran's 114 suras (57 + 57 = 114 = 19×6). This idea was strengthened by the fact that “the Quran” occurs in the Quran 57 times. The word “Majid” (glorious) has a gematrical value of 57: M(40) + J(3) + I(10) + D(4) = 57.

NuN (Noon)— This initial is unique; it occurs in one sura (68), and the name of the letter is spelled out as three letters—Noon Wow Noon—and is therefore counted as two N's. The total count of this letter in the N-initialed sura is 133 = 19×7.

S (Saad)— This initial prefixes three suras (7, 19, and 38), and the total occurrence of the letter “S” (Saad) in these three suras is 152 = 19×8 (97 + 26 + 29).

Y.S. (Ya Seen)— These two letters prefix Sura 36. The letter “Y” occurs 237 times and “S” (Seen) occurs 48 times. The total of both letters is 285 = 19×15.

H.M. (Ha Mim)— Seven suras are prefixed with the letters “H” and “M” (Suras 40–46). The total occurrence of these two letters in the seven H.M.-initialed suras is 2147 = 19×113.

A.L.M. — These letters prefix six suras (2, 3, 29, 30, 31, and 32). The total occurrence of the three letters in the six suras is 19,874 = 19×1,046.

A.L.R. — Found in Suras 10, 11, 12, 14, and 15. The total occurrence of these letters across all five suras is 9,462 = 19×498.

K.H.Y.ʿA.S. — The longest set of initials (five letters), occurring in Sura 19. The five letters occur 137, 175, 343, 117, and 26 times respectively. Total: 798 = 19×42.

When the Quran was revealed 14 centuries ago, the numbers known today did not exist. A universal system was used where the letters of the Arabic, Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek alphabets were used as numerals. The number assigned to each letter is its “Gematrical Value.”

Fourteen Arabic letters, half the Arabic alphabet, participate in the formation of 14 different sets of Quranic Initials. By adding the gematrical value of each one of these letters, plus the number of suras which are prefixed with Quranic Initials (29), we obtain a total of 722 = 19×19×2.

Additionally, if we add the total gematrical value of all 14 initials, plus the number of the first sura where the initial occurs, we get a grand total of 988 = 19×52.

The Grand Total for all initialed suras — combining total frequency of initials with their total gematrical values — is 1,089,479 = 19×57,341. The slightest alteration or distortion destroys the system.