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Numbers in the Qur'an 339

not to speak to people for three nights despite the fact that you are per-
fectly able to.' (Surah Maryam, 10)
You who believe! those you own as slaves and those of you who
have not yet reached puberty should ask your permission to enter at
three times: before the Dawn Prayer, when you have undressed at
noon, and after the Prayer of Night – three times of privacy for you...
(Surat an-Nur, 58)
He created you from a single self, then produced its mate from it,
and sent down livestock to you – eight kinds in pairs. He creates you
stage by stage in your mothers' wombs in a threefold darkness. That is
Allah, your Lord. Sovereignty is His. There is no god but Him. So what
has made you deviate? (Surat az-Zumar, 6)
(On the day of judgment) And you will be classed into three: (Surat
al-Waqi'a, 7)
When We sent them two and they denied them both, so We rein-
forced them with a third. They said, 'Truly We have been sent to you as
Messengers.' (Surah Ya-Sin, 14)
In the case of those of your wives who are past the age of menstrua-
tion, if you have any doubt, their prescribed time should be three
months, and that also applies to those who have not yet menstruated.
The time for women who are pregnant is when they give birth. Who-
ever has fear of Allah – He will make matters easy for him. (Surat at-
Talaq, 4)
Proceed to a shadow which forks into three. (Surat al-Mursalat, 30)

THE NUMBER 4
Appears a total of 10 times
When Ibrahim said, 'My Lord, show me how You bring the dead to
life.' He asked, 'Do you not then believe?' He replied, 'Indeed I do! But
so that my heart may be at peace.' He said, 'Take four birds and train
them to yourself. Then put a part of them on each mountain and call to
them; they will come rushing to you. Know that Allah is Almighty, All-
Wise.' (Surat al-Baqara, 260)
'You may travel about in the land for four months and know that
you cannot thwart Allah and that Allah will humiliate the disbeliev-