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** The Qur'an says in 7:179 that disbelievers are ''like'' cattle, yet the Qur'an talks a lot more about disbelievers than cattle. Shouldn't they have an equal word count? | ** The Qur'an says in 7:179 that disbelievers are ''like'' cattle, yet the Qur'an talks a lot more about disbelievers than cattle. Shouldn't they have an equal word count? | ||
** We could find dozens of things that are said to be similar in the Qur'an. The vast majority of them wouldn't have an equal word count. Taking one of those similar words, which coincidentally have an equal word count, is not a miracle, but a cherry-picking fallacy. | ** We could find dozens of things that are said to be similar in the Qur'an. The vast majority of them wouldn't have an equal word count. Taking one of those similar words, which coincidentally have an equal word count, is not a miracle, but a cherry-picking fallacy. | ||
** Forms of the word "burn" (صلي) also appear 25 times <ref>http://corpus.quran.com/qurandictionary.jsp?q=Sly</ref> | ** Forms of the word "burn" (صلي) also appear 25 times.<ref>http://corpus.quran.com/qurandictionary.jsp?q=Sly</ref> Does it mean Adam and Jesus are burning in hell? | ||
* When seeing the lists of occurrences for the words "Adam" and "Jesus", the verse 3:59 (which says they are similar by being created from dust) is the 7th occurrence. | * When seeing the lists of occurrences for the words "Adam" and "Jesus", the verse 3:59 (which says they are similar by being created from dust) is the 7th occurrence. | ||
** The order of the suras is man-made. If we used the original (Allah's) revelation order, the verses from the 3rd sura would have a higher number than 7, because it is a Medinan sura. Also they probably wouldn't be equal, because the historical revelation order and the order used today are totally different. | ** The order of the suras is man-made. If we used the original (Allah's) revelation order, the verses from the 3rd sura would have a higher number than 7, because it is a Medinan sura. Also they probably wouldn't be equal, because the historical revelation order and the order used today are totally different. | ||