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344 GENERAL KNOWLEDGE FROM THE QUR'AN

PLACES WHERE THE NUMBER 40 IS REPEATED

A total of 4 appearances
And when We allotted to Musa forty nights. Then you adopted the
Calf when he had gone and you were wrongdoers. (Surat al-Baqara,
51)
He said, 'The land will be forbidden to them for forty years during
which they will wander aimlessly about the earth. Do not waste grief
on this deviant people.' (Surat al-Ma'ida, 26)
We set aside thirty nights for Musa and then completed them with
ten, so the appointed time of his Lord was forty nights in all. Musa
said to his brother Harun, 'Rule my people in my stead. Keep order
and do not follow the way of the corrupters.' (Surat al-A'raf, 142)
We have instructed man to be good to his parents. His mother bore
him with difficulty and with difficulty gave birth to him; and his bear-
ing and weaning take thirty months. Then when he achieves his full
strength and reaches forty, he says, 'My Lord, keep me thankful for the
blessing You bestowed on me and on my parents, and keep me acting
rightly, pleasing You. And make my descendants righteous. I have re-
pented to You and I am truly one of the Muslims.' (Surat al-Ahqaf, 15)

PLACES WHERE THE NUMBER 100 IS REPEATED

A total of 3 appearances
Or the one who passed by a town which had fallen into ruin? He
asked, 'How can Allah restore this to life when it has died?' Allah
caused him to die a hundred years then brought him back to life. Then
He asked, 'How long have you been here?' He replied, 'I have been
here a day or part of a day.' He said, 'Not so! You have been here a hun-
dred years. Look at your food and drink – it has not gone bad – and
look at your donkey so We can make you a Sign for all mankind. Look
at the bones – how We raise them up and clothe them in flesh.' When it
had become clear to him, he said, 'Now I know that Allah has power
over all things.' (Surat al-Baqara, 259)
The metaphor of those who spend their wealth in the Way of Allah is
that of a grain which produces seven ears; in every ear there are a hun-