This is to report an awesome Quranic discovery by Brother Feroz Karmally of Vancouver, B.C., Canada.

In a previous issue of the MUSLIM PERSPECTIVE, I reported the fantastic discovery by Brother Ahdullah Arik; a discovery that proves that every single verse is divinely fixed far beyond the abilities of all the humans and all the jinns combined.

Here is Arik’s discovery once more: If you write down the number of every verse in the Quran, preceded by the number of verses in each sura, you end up with a very long number consisting of 12692 digits. For example, Sura I consists of 7 verses. So you write down 7, followed by the number of every constituent verse in this sura. Thus, the number representing Sura Al-Faatehah will look like this:

71234567.

Sura 2, Al-Baqarah (The Heifer) consists of 286 verses. Therefore, the number representing Sura 2 will look like this:

286123456………..285286.

The number that covers Suras 1 and 2 will look like this:

71234567286123456………..285286.

After you carry out this process for all suras, you end up with a very long number consisting of 12692, or 19x668, digits.

The number itself, which will take hundreds of pages to write down, is a multiple of 19. Any person with a computer can verify this miraculous physical fact. The computer program is very easy; it takes one number at a time, divides it by 19, then carries the remainder to the next number, and so on. For example, the first numbers in the 12692-digit complete number are: 71234567286123456 The program takes 7, finds that it is not divisible by 19, so it takes 71, finds that it equals 19x3 + 14. The computer then puts 14 next to the 2, divides 142 by 19 and so on to the end of the Quran.

Feroze Karmally was demonstrating this awesome miracle to a friend, using his computer. In the process of showing his friend, he got an idea. Why not put the number of verses in each sura at the end of the list of verse numbers? Thus, the data for Sura I will he 12345677 instead of 71234567.

The data for Sura 2 will he 123456.……….286286 instead of 286123456.……..286, and so on. When you come to the last sura, the data will be 1234566 instead of 6123456.

Since we are placing the number of verses in each sura at the end of the list of verse numbers in that sura, when we come to the end of the Quran we must write down the total number of verses in the Quran, which is 6234.

This means that the final number will look like this:

12345677123456789……….12345666234.

The first 8 numbers (12345677) arc the numbers of verses in Sura 1, followed by 7, the number of verses in the sura. The number then continues into Sura 2, following the same system, and so on till the end of the Quran.

The last 11 digits (12345666234) in the big number are the verse numbers of Sura 114, followed by the number of verses in Sura 114, followed by 6234, the total number of verses in the whole Quran.

What we see here is an awesome miracle that is guaranteed to convince the whole world, sooner or later, that the Quran is God’s message to the world. Here is a summary of the two miracles discovered by Ahdullah Arik and Feroze Karmally:

1. Arik: If you write down the number of verses in every sura, followed by the number of each verse, all the way to the end of the Quran, you will end up with a very long number consisting of 12692 digits. This very long number looks like this:

7123456728612345……….6123456.

Both the number of digits (12692) and the very long number itself are divisible by 19.

2. Karmally: If you reverse the system and write down the number of each verse in every sura, followed by the number of verses in the sura, and do this all the way to the end of the Quran, you must then place the total number of verses in the whole Quran at the end of this very long number. You will finally have a number consisting of 12696 digits and looking like this:

1234567712345 12345666234.

This very, very long number is a multiple of 19.

The massive computer printouts for all these numbers - the numbers are so huge, no one can name them - can be viewed at Masjid Tucson.

As mentioned above, the computer program that handles these numbers is very simple, and we will he glad to send it to anyone who asks for it.

It is noteworthy that the individuals who had trouble with the counts of letters in the Quran, will no longer have any difficulty appreciating the fact that God’s miracle in the Quran is "One of the greatest miracles" (74:30-35). As shown here, and in the past issues of M.P., the numbers of suras and verses, not the letters, constitute an awesome miracle in its own right.

For the readers who missed some of the profound phenomena connected with this incredible miracle, here is a quick and condensed update. The full details are found in Appendix 1 of my new translation: QURAN: THE FINAL TESTAMENT, Islamic Productions, 1989:

1. The word "Allah" (God) occurs in the Quran 2698 times, 19x142.

7. The numbers mentioned in the Quran arc 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 19, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 99, 100, 2(X), 300, 1000, 2000, 30(X), 5000, 50000, and 1000(X). The sum of these numbers is 162146, 19x8534.

This is only a tiny sample from this extremely vast miracle. It takes no less than divine intervention to prevent any reader from falling prostrate before the Almighty Author of the Quran and fully appreciate God’s assertions that this 19-based miracle is indeed:

I started to work on the mathematical composition of the Quran in 1968. I put the Quran into the computer in 1969 and 1970. The first results were published in Ramadan 1393 (October 1973) in my book entitled MIRACLE OF THE QURAN: SIGNIFICANCE OF THE MYSTERIOUS ALPHABETS. Islamic Productions, St. Louis, Missouri. Although the number 19 was everywhere throughout the data and the computer printouts, it was not the will of Almighty God to reveal it at that time. Thus, the book reported only that the Quranic Initials occurred in their chapters at the highest proportion, compared to other alphabets. In other words, Sura "0" (Qaaf) (No. 50) contained the highest proportion of the letter "Q" (Qaaf). Sura "S" (Saad) (No. 38) contained the highest proportion of the letter "S" (Saad).

This phenomenon was found to he true with all initialed sura, except for Sura Ya Seen (No. 36); it was exactly the opposite - it contained the smallest proportion of the letters "Y" (Yaa) and "S" (Seen). I thought that was the whole significance of the Quranic Initials.

Further examination of the data led to the great discovery that the Quranic Initials, without a single exception, occur in their chapters in multiples of 19. The number 19 became a reality as the Quran’s secret code in January 1974. An avalanche of miraculous phenomena followed.

It was God’s will to unveil this great miracle in January 1974 AD, Zul-Hijjah 1393 AH.

1393 is the Hijra dale. The Quran was revealed 13 years before Hijra. Thus, the Quran’s miracle was revealed 1393+13=1406 years after revelation of the Quran.

Very simple facts became so obvious that it was clearly a divine plan to keep them hidden for 14(XJ years. Examples of these very simple facts are:

(1) (Basmalah) (1:1) consists of 19 Arabic letters.

(2) The Quran consists of 114 suras, 19x6.

(3) Every word in Basmalah occurs in the Quran in multiples of 19.

4. The first revelation (96:1 -5) consisted of 19 words, and 76 letters (19x4).
5. The first chronological sura (Sura 96) is placed atop the last 19 suras, and consists of 19 verses, and 304 letters (19x16).
6. The missing Basmalah (Sura 9) is compensated for 19 suras later, in 27:30.

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