Zakah and blessing word count in the Qur'an: Difference between revisions

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* The verse 23:4 talks about the "doers" of "zakah", so it is not clear whether this is the "purity" meaning or "tax" meaning. Either they are "doers of '''paying''' the zakah" or "doers of the purification '''works'''". The word "paying" nor "works" is present, so this occurrence is not clear, but it won't matter for the conclusions about the whole list. In the list this word is counted as "zakah".
* The verse 23:4 talks about the "doers" of "zakah", so it is not clear whether this is the "purity" meaning or "tax" meaning. Either they are "doers of (paying) '''the zakah'''" or "doers of '''the purification''' (works)". The word "paying" nor "works" is present, so this occurrence is not clear, but it won't matter for the conclusions about the whole list. In the list this word is counted as "zakah".


So the word ''zakah'' does not appear 32 times, as some apologists like to claim, but it appears only '''30 times'''. This word count includes the forms with prefixes, which were often excluded in other apologetic word counts, so if we used that counting method, than there is even less occurrences.
So the word ''zakah'' does not appear 32 times, as some apologists like to claim, but it appears only '''30 times'''. This word count includes the forms with prefixes, which were often excluded in other apologetic word counts, so if we used that counting method, than there is even less occurrences.
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