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'''Rashad Khalifa''' (رشاد خليفة‎; November 19, 1935–January 31, 1990) was an Egyptian-American biochemist, closely associated with the United Submitters International, which promoted a heterodox [[Quranism|Quranist]] interpretation of Islam. Khalifa was responsible for popularizing the theory that the [[Qur'an]] was replete with [[Word Count Miracles in the Qur'an|numerological]] [[Islam and Miracles|miracles]] related to the number 19. He was [[List of Killings Ordered or Supported by Muhammad|assassinated]] by one of his former students, a traditionalist radical, on January 31, 1990.
'''Rashad Khalifa''' (رشاد خليفة‎; November 19, 1935–January 31, 1990) was an Egyptian-American biochemist, closely associated with the United Submitters International, which promoted a heterodox [[Quranism|Quranist]] interpretation of Islam. Khalifa was responsible for popularizing the theory that the [[Qur'an|Quran]] was replete with [[Word Count Miracles in the Qur'an|numerological]] [[Islam and Miracles|miracles]] related to the number 19. He was [[List of Killings Ordered or Supported by Muhammad|assassinated]] by one of his former students, a traditionalist radical, on January 31, 1990.
==The Rashad Khalifa verses==
==The Rashad Khalifa verses==
[[File:Quran The Final Testment.jpg|thumb|right]]Below is a list of verses of the [[Qur'an]] in which Dr. [[Rashad Khalifa]] believed he was implied as the final messenger of [[Islam]]. It also lists verses which were removed by Khalifa from his own translation in order to make it conform with the alleged numerical code.
[[File:Quran The Final Testment.jpg|thumb|right]]


All verses quoted are taken from Rashad Khalifa's own translation.
=== Verses said to predict his prophethood ===
Rashad Khalifa believed certain verses in the Quran implied his status as the true final messenger of [[Islam]], rather than [[Muhammad]]. Rashad Khalifa produced his own translation of the Quran where these verse were interpolated with direct reference to himself. The quotations listed below are taken from Rashad Khalifa's translated edition of the Quran.


====Qur'an 13:30====
====Qur'an 13:30====
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{{quote | [{{Reference archive|1=http://almubin.tripod.com/rashad.htm|2=2013-08-31}} Qur'an 81:22] |Your friend (Rashad) is not crazy.}}
{{quote | [{{Reference archive|1=http://almubin.tripod.com/rashad.htm|2=2013-08-31}} Qur'an 81:22] |Your friend (Rashad) is not crazy.}}


===Deletions===
===Verses deleted due to numerical error===


All verses quoted are taken from Yusuf Ali's translation.
Two verses in the Quran, according to Khalifa, were erroneous and not part of the Quran because they did not meet the mathematical criteria of the miracle of 19, as he had delineated it. Khalifa therefore removed these two verses from his translated edition of the Quran.


====Qur'an 9:128====
====Qur'an 9:128====
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