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 In an attempt to prove the divine origins of [[Islam]], there are many Islamic websites promoting "word count miracles" in the Qur'an. The basic claim here is that certain words in the Qur'an are repeated a specific number of times, and for some reasons, that number is meaningful or rather miraculous. Hence Muslim apologists assert that the Qur'an is the word of God.
-This article also includes what can be termed as "non-miracles." For example, the Muslim claim is that the word "day" appears 365 times in the Quran and there are 365 days in a year, so this is a miracle by Allah. But when we calculate the occurrences of the word "night" in the Qur'an, we find that it is only 92 though there are 365 nights in a year.
+Some apologist websites, when listing the numerical miracles, also show this verse <ref>http://www.harunyahya.com/en/Miracles-of-the-Quran/27625/word-repetitions-in-the-quran</ref>:
+* 4:82 "''Will they not ponder the Qur'an? If it had been from other than Allah, they would have found many inconsistencies in it.''"
+Although the Qur'an itself admits it is inconsistent by adopting an [[Abrogation (Naskh)|abrogation]] principle, to get rid of inconsistencies, we can also see the inconsistencies in these word count "miracles". This article includes what can be termed as "non-miracles". For example, the Muslim claim is that the word "day" appears 365 times in the Quran and there are 365 days in a year, so this is a miracle by Allah. But when we calculate the occurrences of the word "night" in the Qur'an, we find that it is only 92 though there are 365 nights in a year.
+These kind of inconsistencies show how apologists list only the cases where the word counts "fit" and don't show the cases where they don't. By this cherry-picking tactic they create a false impression that the Qur'an is full of word count miracles.
 ==The Deceptive Tactics==
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 ===The 92 nights non-miracle===
 The word "night" (ٱلَّيْل, ''al-layl'') is not mentioned 365 times in the Qur'an, although there are 365 nights in a year. If we count all the forms of this word, then it appears 92 times <ref>http://corpus.quran.com/qurandictionary.jsp?q=lyl</ref>. So the Qur'an is not very consistent with its "miracles".
-Some apologist websites, when listing the numerical miracles, also show this verse <ref>http://www.harunyahya.com/en/Miracles-of-the-Quran/27625/word-repetitions-in-the-quran</ref>:
-* 4:82 "''Will they not ponder the Qur'an? If it had been from other than Allah, they would have found many inconsistencies in it.''"
-Although the Qur'an itself refutes this verse by adopting an [[Abrogation (Naskh)|abrogation]] principle, to get rid of inconsistencies, it is also refuted by the fact that the word count for "night" is inconsistent with the word count for "day". This inconsistence also shows how apologists show only the cases where the word counts fit and don't show the cases where the word counts don't fit. By this cherry-picking tactic they create a false impression that the Qur'an is full of word count miracles.
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