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This article analyzes the claim that the words "tongue" and "sermon" both appear 25 times in the Qur'an. | This article analyzes the claim that the words "tongue" and "sermon" both appear 25 times in the Qur'an. | ||
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==Sermon== | ==Sermon== | ||
The Arabic word for "sermon" is خطبة (''khutbah'') <ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khutbah</ref> | The Arabic word for "sermon" is خطبة (''khutbah'').<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khutbah</ref> When you search for the word "sermon" in the English translations, you will find exactly '''0 occurrences'''.<ref>http://www.searchtruth.com/search.php?keyword=sermon&chapter=&translator=2&search=1&start=0&records_display=10&search_word=all</ref> And when you search through the Arabic Qur'an it doesn't get any better. The word is derived from the root خطب (kh-t-b). When we search for all words derived from this root, we get this list: | ||
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==Admonition== | ==Admonition== | ||
If you want to know the Arabic word for this miracle, you will probably have to search through Arabic websites for word repetition miracles in the Qur'an and you will find that the two words are "tongue" and "admonishment" <ref>http://vb.tafsir.net/tafsir2551/#.WDLqkn30eCQ | If you want to know the Arabic word for this miracle, you will probably have to search through Arabic websites for word repetition miracles in the Qur'an and you will find that the two words are "tongue" and "admonishment"<ref>http://vb.tafsir.net/tafsir2551/#.WDLqkn30eCQ | ||
* "اللسان تكررت 25 مره والموعظه تكررت 25 مره" | * "اللسان تكررت 25 مره والموعظه تكررت 25 مره" | ||
* "The "tongue" (اللسان) is repeated 25 times and the "admonition" (الموعظه) is repeated 25 times."</ref> (not "sermon"). The Arabic word for "admonition" is مَوْعِظَة (''maw'ithah'') and it is derived from the root وعظ (wa-'a-th). | * "The "tongue" (اللسان) is repeated 25 times and the "admonition" (الموعظه) is repeated 25 times."</ref> (not "sermon"). The Arabic word for "admonition" is مَوْعِظَة (''maw'ithah'') and it is derived from the root وعظ (wa-'a-th). | ||
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==Conclusions== | ==Conclusions== | ||
* | * Neither the word "tongue" nor the word "sermon" occur 25 times in the Qur'an. | ||
* The word "tongue" cannot be counted properly. Sometimes the word has a different meaning and sometimes it can mean both "tongue" and "language". There are also many forms, which might or might not be excluded. | * The word "tongue" cannot be counted properly. Sometimes the word has a different meaning and sometimes it can mean both "tongue" and "language". There are also many forms, which might or might not be excluded. | ||
** The plural forms and forms with suffixed possessive pronouns were excluded in many other apologetic word counts. | ** The plural forms and forms with suffixed possessive pronouns were excluded in many other apologetic word counts. | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
[[Category:Qur'an]] | |||
[[Category:Miracles]] | [[Category:Miracles]] | ||
[[Category:Apologetics]] | |||