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Allah's Miracles in the Qur'an

The initial letters Alif, Lam and Ra appear in Suras 10, 11,
12, 14 and 15. The total number of times these letters appear
in these Suras is 2,489 (19 x 131), 2,489 (19 x 131), 2,375 (19 x 125), 1,197
(19 x 63) and 912 (19 x 48).
The frequency with which the initial letters Alif, Lam, Mim
and Ra appear is 1,482 (19 x 78) in total. The letter Alif
appears 605 times, Lam 480 times, Mim 260 times and Ra 137 times.
The initial letters Qaf, Ha, Ya, 'Ayn and Sad appear in only

one Sura, the 19th. The letter Qaf appears 137 times in this
Sura, Ha 175 times, Ya 343 times, 'Ayn 117 times and Sad 26 times. The
total number of appearances of these five letters is 137 + 175 + 343 + 117
+ 26 = 798 (19 x 42).
Other findings on this subject include:
In the whole of the Qur'an,
- the word "atee`" (obey!) appears 19 times,
- the words "`abd" (servant), "`aabid" (a person who serves) and
"`abudu" (worship) appear a total of 152 (19 x 8) times,
The numerical abjad values of some of the names of Allah
given below are also multiples of 19:
- Al-Waahid (The One) 19 (19 x 1)
- Al-Jaami` (The Gatherer) 114 (19 x 6)

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