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* (*) In the verse 42:22 the word appears with the ''al-'' prefix. ''al-jannah'' usually refers to the paradise and not to the gardens in paradise. But the word is plural and that would mean that there are many paradises. So this word probably means "gardens". However, even if we add this word to the ''al-jannah'' (paradise) word count, it still doesn't get to the word count 77. And for the total word count (paradise + paradise gardens) it doesn't matter in which category this word is. | * (*) In the verse 42:22 the word appears with the ''al-'' prefix. ''al-jannah'' usually refers to the paradise and not to the gardens in paradise. But the word is plural and that would mean that there are many paradises. So this word probably means "gardens". However, even if we add this word to the ''al-jannah'' (paradise) word count, it still doesn't get to the word count 77. And for the total word count (paradise + paradise gardens) it doesn't matter in which category this word is. | ||
* (**) In the verse 71:12 "And help you with wealth and sons, and make for you ''gardens'', and make for you rivers.", | * (**) In the verse 71:12 "And help you with wealth and sons, and make for you ''gardens'', and make for you rivers.", Nuh/Noah promises his people that Allah will give them gardens. It is not clear whether he meant gardens on earth or in heaven. So the plural for "gardens in heaven" might be actually 59 and not 58. | ||
There are cases where the ِArabic word جنة does not refer to any gardens. 5 times it refers to madness (''jinnatun''). The literal meaning is "possessed by the ''jinns''" and that is why it has the root j-n-n, just like ''jannah''. | There are cases where the ِArabic word جنة does not refer to any gardens. 5 times it refers to madness (''jinnatun''). The literal meaning is "possessed by the ''jinns''" and that is why it has the root j-n-n, just like ''jannah''. | ||
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===The word count=== | ===The word count=== | ||
The list showed that the word "garden" in the context of "gardens in paradise" appears '''71 times''' including '''10 singular forms''', 3 dual forms and 58 plural forms. | The list showed that the word "garden" in the context of "gardens in paradise" appears '''71 times''' including '''10 singular forms''', 3 dual forms and 58 plural forms. Counting the (plural) occurrence in the verse 71:12, then we get 72 occurrences. | ||
There are 52 occurrences of "paradise" so let's try add the occurrences of "gardens in paradise": | There are 52 occurrences of "paradise" so let's try add the occurrences of "gardens in paradise": | ||
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No, we don't get the number 77. | No, we don't get the number 77. | ||
It seems that there is no way of getting the number 77, | It seems that there is no way of getting the number 77, despite the apologist claim that the word appears 77 times in the Qur'an. They are taking the 57 occurrences of the Arabic word الجنة, regardless if it is the word "paradise" (ٱلْجَنَّةِ, ''al-jannah'') or "jinn" (ٱلْجِنَّةِ, ''al-jinnah'') thenadding the 24 singular forms of جنة, regardless if it is the word garden (جَنَّة, ''jannah''), madness (جِنَّة, ''jinnah'') or cover (جُنَّة, ''junnah''). This produces 57 + 24 = 81 words. They get to 77 by excluding 4 clearly singular forms, because they appear with a suffix: | ||
* 1) 18:35 (جَنَّتَهُۥ, ''jannata'''hu''''') - '''his''' garden | * 1) 18:35 (جَنَّتَهُۥ, ''jannata'''hu''''') - '''his''' garden | ||
* 2) 18:39 (جَنَّتَكَ, ''jannata'''ka''''') - '''your''' garden | * 2) 18:39 (جَنَّتَكَ, ''jannata'''ka''''') - '''your''' garden | ||
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* 4) 89:30 (جَنَّتِى, ''jannate'''e''''') - '''my''' garden | * 4) 89:30 (جَنَّتِى, ''jannate'''e''''') - '''my''' garden | ||
These suffixes in Arabic just express possession | These suffixes in Arabic just express possession, but it still have the same meaning in the singular of "garden." Meanwhile they are counting occurrences with a prefix (like وَجَنَّةٍ in 57:21, "and a garden", where "and" is represented by the و prefix). | ||
This word counts seems to have been produced by searching the whole Qur'an without diacritics for "جنة". From this search they got 78 occurrences and they excluded the occurrence of أَجِنَّةٌ (''ajinnatun''), which means "fetuses" in the verse 53:32. By this search all plural forms got excluded, because plural forms don't end with a ة (''ta marbuta''), but a regular ت (''ta''). This also explains why the words with suffixes were not counted, because ة appears only at the end of words and when a suffix is added, the ة changes into ت. They did not bother with the fact that in many case جنة has a different meaning than "paradise" or "garden". Not only did they count these occurrences where the garden is somewhere on earth, but also counted words like "madness", "jinns", "cover". | |||
==Hell - جهنم (''jahannam'')== | ==Hell - جهنم (''jahannam'')== | ||