12 months miracle in the Quran - Revision history

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	A common argument for the miraculous nature of the Quran states that the singular form of the Arabic word for "month" (شهر, ''shahr'') appears exactly 12 times in the book, mirroring the number of months in a year. This argument depends on three instances of the word where the meaning is plural but the singular form of the word is written, due to the way Arabic handles plural nouns greater than ten. When plural and dual forms of the word are included in the count, the number of occurrences rises to 21. This article lists all occurrences of the word in the Qur'an in its singular, dual, and plural forms.		A common argument for the miraculous nature of the Quran states that the singular form of the Arabic word for "month" (شهر, ''shahr'') appears exactly 12 times in the book, mirroring the number of months in a year.<ref>Like here [http://masjidtucson.org/quran/miracle/word_month_occurs_Quran_12_times.html]</ref> This argument depends on three instances of the word where the meaning is plural but the singular form of the word is written, due to the way Arabic handles plural nouns greater than ten. When plural and dual forms of the word are included in the count, the number of occurrences rises to 21. This article lists all occurrences of the word in the Qur'an in its singular, dual, and plural forms.

	== List ==		== List ==
	~~Apologists often (always) don't show the words and their context,<ref>Like here [http://masjidtucson.org/quran/miracle/word_month_occurs_Quran_12_times.html]</ref> but here it is:~~
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	A common argument for the miraculous nature of the Quran states that the singular form of the Arabic word for "month" (شهر, ''shahr'') appears exactly 12 times in the book, mirroring the number of months in a year. This argument depends on three instances of the word where the meaning is plural but the singular form of the word is written, due to the way Arabic handles plural nouns greater than ten. When plural and dual forms of the word are included in the count, the number of occurrences rises to 21. This article lists all occurrences of the word in the Qur'an in its singular, dual, and plural forms.		A common argument for the miraculous nature of the Quran states that the singular form of the Arabic word for "month" (شهر, ''shahr'') appears exactly 12 times in the book, mirroring the number of months in a year. This argument depends on three instances of the word where the meaning is plural but the singular form of the word is written, due to the way Arabic handles plural nouns greater than ten. When plural and dual forms of the word are included in the count, the number of occurrences rises to 21. This article lists all occurrences of the word in the Qur'an in its singular, dual, and plural forms.

Zhothaqquah: Revised language and removed argumentative material

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	~~This article contains a list~~ of ~~all~~ the ~~occurrences~~ of the word "month" (شهر ~~- transliterated as "~~shahr") ~~in all its forms~~ in the ~~Qur'an. It also counts~~ the ~~total~~ number of ~~occurrences, number~~ of ~~occurrences in~~ singular/plural/dual ~~separately and the number~~ of ~~occurrences, where~~ the word ~~consists only of~~ the ~~three arabic letters شهر (regardless~~ of ~~diacritics)~~. ~~The purpose is to refute~~ the ~~apologist argument that this~~ word ~~appears 12 times~~ in the Qur'an~~, just like there are 12 months~~ in ~~a year~~, ~~which "cannot be a coincidence" (although it could be a coincidence even if it was true)~~, and ~~therefore the Qur'an must be from god~~.		A common argument for the miraculous nature of the Quran states that the singular form of the Arabic word for "month" (شهر, ''shahr'') appears exactly 12 times in the book, mirroring the number of months in a year. This argument depends on three instances of the word where the meaning is plural but the singular form of the word is written, due to the way Arabic handles plural nouns greater than ten. When plural and dual forms of the word are included in the count, the number of occurrences rises to 21. This article lists all occurrences of the word in the Qur'an in its singular, dual, and plural forms.

	== List ==		== List ==
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	* (*) In these ~~3 cases~~ the ~~word itself~~ is ~~in the singular because in~~ Arabic ~~when you say 'X something' and X is~~ greater than ten~~, the 'something' following the number is~~ singular ~~even though the meaning is plural~~. ~~That~~ is ~~how apologists get to~~ the ~~number 12, but from~~ the ~~context we can clearly see~~ that the ~~meaning is plural~~.		* *In these verses, the meaning is plural, but Arabic renders plural nouns greater than ten in their singular forms. This is the origin of the claim that the singular word appears exactly 12 times.
	** 9:36 - .. ٱثْنَا عَشَرَ شَهْرًا .. - .. twelve months ..		** 9:36 - .. ٱثْنَا عَشَرَ شَهْرًا .. - .. twelve months ..
	** 46:15 - .. ثَلَٰثُونَ شَهْرًا .. - .. thirty months ..		** 46:15 - .. ثَلَٰثُونَ شَهْرًا .. - .. thirty months ..
	** 97:3 - .. أَلْفِ شَهْرٍ .. - .. thousand months ..		** 97:3 - .. أَلْفِ شَهْرٍ .. - .. thousand months ..

	~~== Conclusions ==~~
	~~=== Main ===~~
	* The word شهر does not appear in the Qur'an 12 times, but 21 times.
	* The word شهر appears 9 times with a singular meaning.
	* The word شهر in its basic form (consisting only of the trilateral root ش - ه - ر (shin - ha - ra) without any suffix/prefix letters and while ignoring the differences in diacritics) appears 4 times in the Qur'an.

	~~=== Other ===~~
	* In the verse 9:36, apologists count one occurrence of the word as singular and the other as plural, although they are clearly both referring to the same set of months:
	** "Surely the number of months [counted as plural] with Allah is twelve months [counted as singular]..."
	** "...إِنَّ عِدَّةَ ٱلشُّهُورِ* عِندَ ٱللَّهِ ٱثْنَا عَشَرَ *شَهْرًا"
	* If we accept that there are 12 singulars, 2 duals and 7 plurals, then what is the miracle about the numbers 2 and 7? Or 9 (2+7)? Are there 7 months of something? Isn't Allah powerful enough to make all the numbers miraculous? And thus make it undeniable that this is a miracle and not a coincidence?
	* Apologists are content to use a verse (9:36) that defines the Islamic lunar year as 12 months, or 354 days, while in the 365 days miracle claim they use the solar year on which the Gregorian calendar is based.

	==See also==		==See also==

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	This article contains a list of all the occurrences of the word "month" (شهر - transliterated as "shahr") in all its forms in the Qur'an. It also counts the total number of occurrences, number of occurrences in singular/plural/dual separately and the number of occurrences, where the word consists only of the three arabic letters شهر (regardless of diacritics). The purpose is to refute the apologist argument that this word appears 12 times in the Qur'an, just like there are 12 months in a year, which "cannot be a coincidence" (although it could be a coincidence even if it was true), and therefore the Qur'an must be from god.		This article contains a list of all the occurrences of the word "month" (شهر - transliterated as "shahr") in all its forms in the Qur'an. It also counts the total number of occurrences, number of occurrences in singular/plural/dual separately and the number of occurrences, where the word consists only of the three arabic letters شهر (regardless of diacritics). The purpose is to refute the apologist argument that this word appears 12 times in the Qur'an, just like there are 12 months in a year, which "cannot be a coincidence" (although it could be a coincidence even if it was true), and therefore the Qur'an must be from god.

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Other

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	=== Other ===		=== Other ===
	* In the verse 9:36, apologists count one ~~occurence~~ of the word as singular and the other as plural, although they are clearly both referring to the same set of months:		* In the verse 9:36, apologists count one occurrence of the word as singular and the other as plural, although they are clearly both referring to the same set of months:
	** "Surely the number of months [counted as plural] with Allah is twelve months [counted as singular]..."		** "Surely the number of months [counted as plural] with Allah is twelve months [counted as singular]..."
	** "...إِنَّ عِدَّةَ ٱلشُّهُورِ* عِندَ ٱللَّهِ ٱثْنَا عَشَرَ *شَهْرًا"		** "...إِنَّ عِدَّةَ ٱلشُّهُورِ* عِندَ ٱللَّهِ ٱثْنَا عَشَرَ *شَهْرًا"

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Other

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	=== Other ===		=== Other ===
	* In the verse 9:36, apologists count one occurence of the word as singular and the other as plural, although they are clearly both referring to the same set of months:		* In the verse 9:36, apologists count one occurence of the word as singular and the other as plural, although they are clearly both referring to the same set of months:
	** "Surely the number of months [counted as plural] with Allah is ~~twelwe~~ months [counted as singular]..."		** "Surely the number of months [counted as plural] with Allah is twelve months [counted as singular]..."
	** "...إِنَّ عِدَّةَ ٱلشُّهُورِ* عِندَ ٱللَّهِ ٱثْنَا عَشَرَ *شَهْرًا"		** "...إِنَّ عِدَّةَ ٱلشُّهُورِ* عِندَ ٱللَّهِ ٱثْنَا عَشَرَ *شَهْرًا"
	* If we accept that there are 12 singulars, 2 duals and 7 plurals, then what is the miracle about the numbers 2 and 7? Or 9 (2+7)? Are there 7 months of something? Isn't Allah powerful enough to make all the numbers miraculous? And thus make it undeniable that this is a miracle and not a coincidence?		* If we accept that there are 12 singulars, 2 duals and 7 plurals, then what is the miracle about the numbers 2 and 7? Or 9 (2+7)? Are there 7 months of something? Isn't Allah powerful enough to make all the numbers miraculous? And thus make it undeniable that this is a miracle and not a coincidence?

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List

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	== List ==		== List ==
	Apologists often (always) don't show the words and their context<ref>Like here [http://masjidtucson.org/quran/miracle/word_month_occurs_Quran_12_times.html]</ref>, but here it is:		Apologists often (always) don't show the words and their context,<ref>Like here [http://masjidtucson.org/quran/miracle/word_month_occurs_Quran_12_times.html]</ref> but here it is:
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Lightyears: Just a small correction as someone pointed out that 365 days does not exclude bi and waw prefixes

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Just a small correction as someone pointed out that 365 days does not exclude bi and waw prefixes

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	* (*) In these 3 cases the word itself ~~seems to be~~ in the singular and ~~that~~ is how apologists get to the number 12, but from the context we can clearly see that it is ~~meant to be~~ plural.		* (*) In these 3 cases the word itself is in the singular because in Arabic when you say 'X something' and X is greater than ten, the 'something' following the number is singular even though the meaning is plural. That is how apologists get to the number 12, but from the context we can clearly see that the meaning is plural.
	** 9:36 - .. ٱثْنَا عَشَرَ شَهْرًا .. - .. ~~tweleve~~ months ..		** 9:36 - .. ٱثْنَا عَشَرَ شَهْرًا .. - .. twelve months ..
	** 46:15 - .. ثَلَٰثُونَ شَهْرًا .. - .. thirty months ..		** 46:15 - .. ثَلَٰثُونَ شَهْرًا .. - .. thirty months ..
	** 97:3 - .. أَلْفِ شَهْرٍ .. - .. thousand months ..		** 97:3 - .. أَلْفِ شَهْرٍ .. - .. thousand months ..
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	=== Main ===		=== Main ===
	* The word شهر does not appear in the Qur'an 12 times, but 21 times.		* The word شهر does not appear in the Qur'an 12 times, but 21 times.
	* The word شهر appears 9 times ~~in the~~ singular.		* The word شهر appears 9 times with a singular meaning.
	* The word شهر in its basic form (consisting only of the trilateral root ش - ه - ر (shin - ha - ra) without any suffix/prefix letters and while ignoring the differences in diacritics) appears 4 times in the Qur'an.		* The word شهر in its basic form (consisting only of the trilateral root ش - ه - ر (shin - ha - ra) without any suffix/prefix letters and while ignoring the differences in diacritics) appears 4 times in the Qur'an.

	=== Other ===		=== Other ===
	* Apologists used a different method of word counting for the "12 months miracle", than for the "[[365 days miracle in the Quran\|365 days miracle]]", because otherwise they wouldn't get those "miraculous" numbers.		* In the verse 9:36, apologists count one occurence of the word as singular and the other as plural, although they are clearly both referring to the same set of months:
	** They didn't count the word day with bi- (ب) prefix in the "365 days miracle", but now they do count the word month with the bi- prefix
	** They didn't count the word day with waw- (و) prefix in the "365 days miracle", but now they do count the word month with the waw- prefix.
	* In the verse 9:36, apologists count one occurence of the word as singular and the other as plural, although they are clearly both ~~reffering~~ to the same set of months:
	** "Surely the number of months [counted as plural] with Allah is twelwe months [counted as singular]..."		** "Surely the number of months [counted as plural] with Allah is twelwe months [counted as singular]..."
	** "...إِنَّ عِدَّةَ ٱلشُّهُورِ* عِندَ ٱللَّهِ ٱثْنَا عَشَرَ *شَهْرًا"		** "...إِنَّ عِدَّةَ ٱلشُّهُورِ* عِندَ ٱللَّهِ ٱثْنَا عَشَرَ *شَهْرًا"
	* If we accept that there are 12 singulars, 2 duals and 7 plurals, then what is the miracle about the numbers 2 and 7? Or 9 (2+7)? Are there 7 months of something? Isn't Allah powerful enough to make all the numbers miraculous? And thus make it undeniable that this is a miracle and not a coincidence?		* If we accept that there are 12 singulars, 2 duals and 7 plurals, then what is the miracle about the numbers 2 and 7? Or 9 (2+7)? Are there 7 months of something? Isn't Allah powerful enough to make all the numbers miraculous? And thus make it undeniable that this is a miracle and not a coincidence?
			* Apologists are content to use a verse (9:36) that defines the Islamic lunar year as 12 months, or 354 days, while in the 365 days miracle claim they use the solar year on which the Gregorian calendar is based.

	==See also==		==See also==

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