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THE ALLOTMENT OF FORTY (40) NIGHTS TO THE

PROPHET MOSES (as)

And when We allotted to Moses forty nights. Then you
adopted the Calf when he had gone and you were wrongdoers.
(Surat al-Baqara, 51)

40 is the number of letters to the end of the verse from the term
"arbaAAeena laylatan," meaning "40 nights."
The numerological value [abjad] of the dotted letters up to
"arbaAAeena laylatan " is 40. (By minor abjad calculation)
This subject first appears in the Qur'an in verse 40 of Surat al-
Baqara.
Number of syllables in verse 40 in which the subject begins is 40. 93
Furthermore:
In addition to verse 51 of Surat al-Baqara, which explicitly con-
cerns "arba’eena laylatan" (40 nights), this also appears in verse 142
of Surat al-A'raf. It also appears figuratively in verses 143 and 155
of Surat al-A'raf.
a) The Surahs between these verses are: "al-Baqara", "Al-Imr'an",
"an-Nisa", "al-Ma'ida", "al-An'am" and "al-A'raf."
b) The names "al-Baqara", "Al-Imr'an", "an-Nisa", "al-Ma'ida",
"al-An'am" and "al-A'raf" also contain 40 letters.

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