The term Quran code (also known as Code 19) refers to the claim that the Quranic text contains a hidden mathematically complex code. Advocates think that the code represents a mathematical proof of the divine authorship of the Quran, however this claim has not been validated by any independent mathematical or scientific institute. Proponents of the Quran code claim that the code is based on statistical procedures.
- The number of angels guarding Hell ("Hellfire") ("Saqar") according to the Qur'an: "Over it are nineteen" (74:30), after which the Qur'an describes this number as being "a trial for those who disbelieve" (74:31), a sign for people of the scripture to be "convinced" (74:31) and that believers "will increase in faith" (74:31) due to it.
- The Number of Verse and Sura together in the Qur'an which announces Jesus son of Maryam's (Mary's) birth (Qur'an 19:19).
Why is 19 a holy number?
Islam. A group called United Submitter International claim the Quran has mathematical structure based on the number 19. The gematrical value of WAHD = 6+1+8+4=19, Wahd means 'One' (God) to the first verse (1:1), known as Bas-malah, consists of 19 Arabic letters or the Quran consists of 114 (19x6) surat etc.
What is 7 in the Quran?
The significance of the number 7 in Islam is rooted in religious texts and traditions. It is often associated with divine creation, as the Quran emphasizes the completion of major events in a cycle of seven.
In 1969, Rashad Khalifa, an Egyptian-American biochemist, began analyzing the separated letters of the Quran (also called Quranic initials or Muqattaʿat), and the Quran to examine certain sequences of numbers. In 1973 he published the book Miracle of the Quran: Significance of the Mysterious Alphabets, in which he describes the Quranic initials through enumerations and distributions.
In 1974, Khalifa claimed to have discovered a mathematical code hidden in the Quran, a code based around the number 19. He wrote the book The Computer Speaks: God's Message to the World, in which he thematizes this Quran code. He relies on Surah 74, verse 30 to prove the significance of the number: "Over it is nineteen,".
Proponents of the code include United Submitters International (an association initiated by Rashad Khalifa) as well as some Quranists and traditional Muslims.
Believers in Quran Code often use certain word counts, checksums and cross sums to legitimize the code.
Edip Yüksel, a Turkish Quranistic author and colleague of Rashad Khalifa, makes the following claims in his book Nineteen:
God's Signature in Nature and Scripture:
- The Bismillah (bismi ʾllāhi ʾr-raḥmāni ʾr-raḥīm), the Quranic opening formula, which, with one exception, is at the beginning of every Surah of the Quran, consists of exactly 19 letters.
- The first word of the Bismillah, Ism (name), without contraction, occurs 19 times in the Quran (19×1). [Also no plural forms, or those with pronoun endings]
- The second word of the Bismillah, Allah (God), occurs 2698 times (19×142).
- The third word of the Bismillah, Rahman (Gracious), occurs 57 times (19×3).
- The fourth word of the Bismillah, Rahim (Merciful), occurs 114 times (19×6).
- The multiplication factors of the words of the Bismillah (1+142+3+6) give 152 (19×8).
- The Quran consists of 114 chapters (19×6).
- The total number of verses in the Quran including all unnumbered Bismillahs is 6346 (19×334). The cross sum of 6346 is 19.
- The Bismillah appears 114 times (despite its absence in chapter 9, it appears twice in chapter 27); 114 is 19×6.
- From the missing Bismillah in chapter 9 to the additional Bismillah in chapter 27, there are exactly 19 chapters.
- The occurrence of the additional Bismillah is in Surah 27:30. Adding this chapter number and the verse number gives 57 (19×3).
Edip Yüksel is an American-Kurdish activist and prominent figure in the Quranism movement. Born in Güroymak, Yuksel is the author of more than twenty books on religion, politics, philosophy and law in Turkish.- Rashad Khalifa was an Egyptian-American biochemist, closely associated with the United Submitters International, an organization that promotes the practice and study of Quranism. Khalifa saw his role as purging the accretions that found their way into Islam via hadith and sunnah, which he claimed were corrupted.
Source:
- wikipedia.org/wiki/19_(number)
- wikipedia.org/wiki/Quran_code
- wikipedia.org/wiki/Rashad_Khalifa
- wikipedia.org/wiki/Edip_Yüksel
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