Page 511 - Learning from the Qur'an

• The words "wine" (khamr) and "intoxication" (saqara) are repeated
the same number of times: 6
• "Wealth" is repeated 26 times, but "poverty", on the other hand,
half as much, that is, 13 times.
• The words "tongue" and "sermon" are both repeated 25 times.
• The words "benefit" and "corrupt" both appear 50 times.
• "Reward" (ajr) and "action" (fail) are both repeated 108 times.
• The words "disaster" (al-musibah) and "thanks" (al-shukr) appear
the same number of times in the Qur'an: 75.
• "Love" (al-mahabbah) and "obedience" (al-ta'ah) also appear the
same number of times: 83.
• The word "facility, relief" (al-yisr) appears exactly three times more
often than the word "difficulty" (al-'usr).
• "Hardship" (al-shiddah) and "patience" (al-sabr) both appear 115
times.
• The words "man" and "woman" are also employed equally: 23
times.
• "Sun" (shams) and "light" (nur) both appear 33 times in the Qur'an.
• "Human being" is used 65 times: the sum of the number of
references to the stages of man's creation is the same: i.e.
Soil (turab) 17
Drop of Sperm (nutfah) 12
Embryo ('alaq) 6
A half formed lump of flesh (mudghah) 3
Bone ('idham) 15
Flesh (lahm) 12
TOTAL 65
• The word "salawat" appear five times in the Qur'an, and Allah has
commanded man to perform the salat five times a day.
• The word "land" appears 13 times in the qur'an, and the word "sea"
32 times, giving a total of 45 references. If we divide that number by
that of the number of references to the land we arrive at the figure
28.8888889%. The number of total references to land and sea, 45, divided
by the number of refernces to the sea in the qur'an, 32, is 71.111111%.
These figures represent the exact proportions of land and sea on the
earth today.

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