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<metadesc>Analysis of the alleged word count "miracles" in the Qu'ran. Occurrences of words are listed in both Arabic and English.</metadesc> | <metadesc>Analysis of the alleged word count "miracles" in the Qu'ran. Occurrences of words are listed in both Arabic and English.</metadesc> | ||
Modern Islamic apologists and [[Dawah|du'aah]] often seek to bolster the claim that the Qur'an is a divine book by reference to "[[Islam and Miracles|miracles]]" in the [[Qur'an]]. Recently, a novel strategy in this regard is to claim that the number of times certain words show up in the book constitute a "miracle." | |||
*There are exactly 0 word count miracles in the Qur'an. This is the conclusion not only of the critics of Islam, but also of many Islamic scholars. | |||
*Apologists use various questionable counting methods to get some interesting number. Since they are using so many counting methods, it is very probable that they would find some word counts that are in some way interesting. It is probable - not improbable nor miraculous. Also they use additional deceptive methods like mistranslation to make the word count claims look better. | |||
**Probably the most amazing claim of the word "day" appearing 365 days is false. It is based on arbitrary exclusions and uses the solar, Gregorian calendar, while the 12 months miracle claim uses a verse that defines the Islamic year as based on the lunar calendar, which lasts 354 days. | |||
**Probably the most valid claim is that the Qur'an mentions "angel" (+ "angels") and "shaytan" (+"shaytans") both 88 times. But this word count is inconsistent with the majority of other word counts with regards to its counting method, by counting plural and singular forms together and by including words with prefixes and suffixes. | |||
***Apologists (in the description of the word count) try to make it seem that only the singular (or only the plural) forms were counted,<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3QHYELlo1s | |||
"This book uses the word "angels" 88 times, ملائكاة ."ملائكاة (mala'ika) is the plural form. | |||
</ref> which is a misleading tactic by them. | |||
*The word counts found by apologists are all somewhere between questionable and wrong. And they are inconsistent with regards to their counting methods. They do not prove that the Qur'an is from god. | |||
**These word count "miracle" claims rather indicate the helplessness of apologists in trying to find any evidence for Islam. | |||
*The number claimed for a word (or a pair of words) sometimes has a connection or relevance to the word, but most often it does not. This is another inconsistency. | |||
*Even if all counts were right and if it proved supernatural origin, it wouldn't mean that the supernatural origin is god specifically. The author could have been any other supernatural being, like Satan or jinn - both have bigger powers than humans. | |||
==Apologetic Claim== | ==Apologetic Claim== | ||