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This is the list of all the words derived from the root حيي in the Qur'an. Some of them have a totally different meaning. The word "life" is counted in the Translation column. Also, all the nouns derived from this root are counted in the "Word Class" column. | This is the list of all the words derived from the root حيي in the Qur'an. Some of them have a totally different meaning. The word "life" is counted in the Translation column. Also, all the nouns derived from this root are counted in the "Word Class" column. | ||
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As we can see, besides the fact that there are only '''78 mentions''' of the word "life", there are only 114 nouns, so there is no possibility of finding 145 occurrences of the word "life", even if we counted even words like "snake" derived from the same root. If we wanted to get 145 words, we would have to mix word counts of nouns and verbs together! Also we can see that there are many words that are similar, but different, so if we want to use some special counting method, then there are probably dozens, if not | As we can see, besides the fact that there are only '''78 mentions''' of the word "life", there are only 114 nouns, so there is no possibility of finding 145 occurrences of the word "life", even if we counted even words like "snake" derived from the same root. If we wanted to get 145 words, we would have to mix word counts of nouns and verbs together! Also we can see that there are many words that are similar, but different, so if we want to use some special counting method, then there are probably dozens, if not hundreds of such combinations one could choose arbitrarily from. | ||
The 78 mentions include words with prefixes and suffixes and these kind of words were often excluded in the | The 78 mentions include words with prefixes and suffixes and these kind of words were often excluded in the word counts of those claiming this was a miracle for other words, for the reason of not being "basic form" enough. Using this method here, then, there are even fewer occurrences. | ||
==Death== | ==Death== | ||
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The list of all the words derived from the root موت (m-w-t) in the Qur'an: | The list of all the words derived from the root موت (m-w-t) in the Qur'an: | ||
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Here again, if we count all occurrences of nouns derived from the root موت, we cannot get 145 occurrences, because there are only 104 nouns from this root in the Qur'an. And the word death appears '''56 times'''. | |||
==Conclusion== | ==Conclusion== | ||
* There is no way to get 145 occurrences of the words "life" nor "death", because when we look at all the words derived from the same roots as the two words, we see that there are less than 145 derived nouns. So in order to get 145, nouns and verbs would have to be counted together. | *If we count all occurrences of the word "life" (''hayat''), including forms with prefixes and suffixes, we get 78 occurrences and for the word "death" (''mawt'') we get 56 occurrences. | ||
** If that new method of counting is supposed to be "meaning word count", that is counting words with a similar meaning, then we would get 165 occurrences for "death" because all the words from the root موت have something to do with death or dying. | |||
* | *There is no way to get 145 occurrences of the words "life" nor "death", because when we look at all the words derived from the same roots as the two words, we see that there are less than 145 derived nouns. So in order to get 145, nouns and verbs would have to be counted together. This still would not change the fact that the words "life" and "death" do not appear the same number of times. | ||
**If that new method of counting is supposed to be "meaning word count", that is counting words with a similar meaning, then we would get 165 occurrences for "death" because all the words from the root موت have something to do with death or dying. | |||
*Given the diversity of word forms for either of the two words, there perhaps exist hundreds of possible arbitrary permutations one could choose from to do the word count. If one of these combinations produces an interesting result, this is an expect outcome. This is because with a greater number of permutations to pick from, the chance that an interesting outcome becomes possible increases (and is thus a less impressive, rare, or unlikely finding) | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
* [[Word Count Miracles in the Qur'an]] | |||
* [[365 days miracle in the Quran]] | *[[Word Count Miracles in the Qur'an]] | ||
* [[Dunya and akhira word count in the Qur'an]] | *[[365 days miracle in the Quran]] | ||
* [[Iman and kufr word count in the Qur'an]] | *[[Dunya and akhira word count in the Qur'an]] | ||
* [[Land to water ratio miracle in the Qur'an]] | *[[Iman and kufr word count in the Qur'an]] | ||
* [[Man and woman word count in the Qur'an]] | *[[Land to water ratio miracle in the Qur'an]] | ||
* [[Paradise and hell word count in the Qur'an]] | *[[Man and woman word count in the Qur'an]] | ||
*[[Paradise and hell word count in the Qur'an]] | |||
[[Category:Miracles]] | [[Category:Miracles]] | ||