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In an attempt to prove the divine origins of [[Islam]], there are many Islamic websites promoting "word count miracles" in the Qur'an. The basic claim here is that certain words in the Qur'an are repeated a specific number of times, and for some reasons, that number is meaningful or rather miraculous. Hence Muslim apologists assert that the Qur'an is the word of God. | In an attempt to prove the divine origins of [[Islam]], there are many Islamic websites promoting "word count miracles" in the Qur'an. The basic claim here is that certain words in the Qur'an are repeated a specific number of times, and for some reasons, that number is meaningful or rather miraculous. Hence Muslim apologists assert that the Qur'an is the word of God. | ||
This article | Some apologist websites, when listing the numerical miracles, also show this verse <ref>http://www.harunyahya.com/en/Miracles-of-the-Quran/27625/word-repetitions-in-the-quran</ref>: | ||
* 4:82 "''Will they not ponder the Qur'an? If it had been from other than Allah, they would have found many inconsistencies in it.''" | |||
Although the Qur'an itself admits it is inconsistent by adopting an [[Abrogation (Naskh)|abrogation]] principle, to get rid of inconsistencies, we can also see the inconsistencies in these word count "miracles". This article includes what can be termed as "non-miracles". For example, the Muslim claim is that the word "day" appears 365 times in the Quran and there are 365 days in a year, so this is a miracle by Allah. But when we calculate the occurrences of the word "night" in the Qur'an, we find that it is only 92 though there are 365 nights in a year. | |||
These kind of inconsistencies show how apologists list only the cases where the word counts "fit" and don't show the cases where they don't. By this cherry-picking tactic they create a false impression that the Qur'an is full of word count miracles. | |||
==The Deceptive Tactics== | ==The Deceptive Tactics== | ||
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===The 92 nights non-miracle=== | ===The 92 nights non-miracle=== | ||
The word "night" (ٱلَّيْل, ''al-layl'') is not mentioned 365 times in the Qur'an, although there are 365 nights in a year. If we count all the forms of this word, then it appears 92 times <ref>http://corpus.quran.com/qurandictionary.jsp?q=lyl</ref>. So the Qur'an is not very consistent with its "miracles". | The word "night" (ٱلَّيْل, ''al-layl'') is not mentioned 365 times in the Qur'an, although there are 365 nights in a year. If we count all the forms of this word, then it appears 92 times <ref>http://corpus.quran.com/qurandictionary.jsp?q=lyl</ref>. So the Qur'an is not very consistent with its "miracles". | ||
== "Prayer" mentioned 5 times == | == "Prayer" mentioned 5 times == | ||