From: comptec91065@camins.camosun.bc.ca
Subject: Gematrical Miracle in Quran?
Organization: Camosun College
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1992 04:13:39 GMT


...  about the mathematical pattern in the Quran...

The pattern involves thirty or forty interlocking instances of a similar 
theme. For instance, there exists at the beginning of many chapters (surahs) 
of the Quran, verses which contain only single letters. ie. the 1st verse of
the longest chapter is "A.L.M." (alif,lam,mim). No one has known what the 
signifigance of these letters has been before. They are like the loose ends or
the tip of the ice berg. The pattern involves (amoung many, many other things) 
the total occurences of the "beginning letters" in the chapters which they 
preface. The numbers add up to the thousands or tens of thousands. 

Like the other thirty or forty odd instances, these letter counts all add up
to multiples of 19. The first revelation (chronologically) consisted of 19 
words, the 19 words had (19 x 4) letters. The last revelation had 19 words.
The total of A's and L's and M's in the aforementioned chapter is (19 x 521),
the totals in the other 5 chapters whose 1st verses is also A.L.M. are
respectively 19x298, 19x88, 19x66, 19x43, 19x30. There are 29 chapters which 
are preceded by 14 different groups of heretofore mysterious letters. A.L.M.
was just one group. All 29 chapters follow the same pattern of multiples of 19.
I have briefly alluded to about 5% of the patterns that I know about. More have
since been discovered since the publication of the book I mentioned. All have 19
as their common denominator.

Why 19?

Before the advent of mathematics people used letters to signify numbers.
"the ONE"is one of the names of God. In Arabic ONE has three letters whose
"gematrical" value adds to 19. Of the 400 or so names of God in Arabic only 
4 have gematrical values that are multiples of 19.
	the One				=  19  	(19x1)
	Possessor of Infinite Grace	=  2698	(19x142)
	Glorious			=  57	(19x3)
	Gatherer			=  114	(19x6)

Interestingly, the numbers 19, 2698, 57, 114 happen to be equal to the number
of times that the first four words in the Quran appear in the entire Quran.
The first verse of the Quran is IN THE NAME OF GOD, MOST GRACIOUS, MOST MERCIFUL
. "name" appears 19 times in the Quran. "God" appears 2698 times. "Glorious"
appears 57 times. "Most Merciful" appears 114 times.

Someone in this newsgroup mentioned the Torah regarding gematrical patterns.
Apparently a Rabbi Judah the Pious (12th century) mentioned the existence of
patterns of 19 in Jewish sources. (I'm told that this was mentioned on p.88 of 
the book Studies in Jewish Mysticism.)

One of the interesting instances of the pattern concerning prime numbers
was not discovered in time for the publication of that book I mentioned.

Of the 114 (19x6) chapters in the Quran they all are prefaced by unnumbered
verses "in the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful" except the first 
chapter whose first numbered verse is "in the name ...etc." , and the 9th
chapter which does not have the "bismillah" (in the name...etc.) before it.
So, if you count the number of chapters with an even number of numbered verses
there are 60, leaving 54 chapters with an odd number of verses. If you add the 
unnumbered "bismillahs" to the counts of verses you now have 52 chapters with 
an even number of verses, leaving 62 chapters with an odd number of verses.

Get ready for this... (stay awake it's a little complex)

the 62nd prime number = 293
the 52nd prime number = 239

the 60th prime number = 281
the 54th prime number = 251

293 + 239 = 251 + 281 = 532

Chapter/verse 89:3 says .... "By the even and the odd..." , etc..
 
furthermore:  

2+9+3 + 2+3+9 = 28
2+5+1 + 2+8+1 = 19      and    532 = 19x28   and 19*(19+28) = 893

Comments?

If you are interested, the place to read about this is in the book
QURAN THE FINAL TESTAMENT translated by Dr. Rashad Khalifa
available from 739 E. 6th St., Tucson, AZ 85719 for $19.00 (U.S.)
plus shipping etc.






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