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==Conclusions==
==Conclusions==
===Miracles===
===Miracles===
* Miracle 1: "''The word rajul (man) and the word amra (woman) are both mentioned 24 times. That is a miracle and it means men and women are equal.''"
* Miracle 1: "''The word rajul (man) and the word amra (woman) are both mentioned 24 times. That is a miracle and it means men and women are equal.''"<ref>http://www.islamawareness.net/Miq/stat.html</ref><ref>http://www.answering-christianity.com/equality_men_women.htm</ref>
** The word count 24 is achieved by ignoring all dual and plural forms.
** The word count 24 is achieved by ignoring all dual and plural forms.
** Forms with suffixes and prefixes are suddenly counted although in the 365 days miracle, they were not counted.
** Forms with suffixes and prefixes are suddenly counted although in the 365 days miracle, they were not counted.
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** Equality in word count does not imply equality under law.  
** Equality in word count does not imply equality under law.  
***If we take the sentence "''Men should have more rights than women.''", the word count for both is equal, but clearly, it doesn't mean that the message of the text is that men and women are equal, or that they have the same social value.
***If we take the sentence "''Men should have more rights than women.''", the word count for both is equal, but clearly, it doesn't mean that the message of the text is that men and women are equal, or that they have the same social value.
* Miracle two: "''The word man and woman are both mentioned 23 times, which is exactly the number of chromosomes.''"
* Miracle two: "''The word man and woman are both mentioned 23 times and in formation of an embryo 23 chromosomes are from the mother and 23 chromosomes are from the father.''" <ref>http://www.miraclesofthequran.com/mathematical_01.html</ref>
** The word count for singular "man" can be 23 (if we don't count the controversial word in the verse 7:155, as mentioned earlier), but the word count for singular "woman" is 24.
** The word count for singular "man" can be 23 (if we don't count the controversial word in the verse 7:155, as mentioned earlier), but the word count for singular "woman" is 24.
** There are 23 pairs of human chromosomes in a cell. So there are 46 chromosomes.
* Where is the miracle in the word count of "male" and "female"? Male is mentioned 12 times in the singular and female is mentioned 18 times. Does this mean that females are superior to males?
* Where is the miracle in the word count of "male" and "female"? Male is mentioned 12 times in the singular and female is mentioned 18 times. Does this mean that females are superior to males?


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