Fascinating Mathematical Symmetry in the Qur’an: The Qur’an is comprised of 114 chapters (or “Surahs”) in total. Assign each of the 114 Surahs of the Qur’an an ascending number, in order, starting with the value 1. So the first Surah in the Qur’an, Al-Fatiha, will be assigned 1, the second Surah Al-Baqarah will be assigned 2 … last Surah An-Nas will be assigned 114. 2. Adding up all of these values, 1 + 2 + 3 … +114, gives a total of 6555: 3. Each Surah contains a certain number of verses. For example the first Surah in the Qur’an, Al-Fatiha, contains a total of 7 verses. The second Surah, Al-Baqarah, contains a total of 286 verses. Adding up all of these verse totals for all the Surahs gives 6236: 4. Now, add each Surah number to the total number of verses it contains. For example, Surah Al-Fatiha is the first Surah in the Qur’an and it contains 7 verses, this will give a total of 1 + 7 = 8. If you do this for every Surah you will have 114 results: 5. When you divide these 114 results into two groups, evens and odds, you find that there is an exact distribution of 57 evens and 57 odds: This is not the only symmetrical distribution found. The addition of all 57 evens gives a total of 6236 and the addition of all 57 odds gives a total of 6555. These values exactly match the totals that we calculated earlier from steps 2 and 3: Anyone familiar with Computing will recognise that this serves as a checksum. A checksum is a small-size datum computed from an arbitrary block of digital data for the purpose of detecting errors that may have been introduced during its transmission or storage. Translating this into Qur’anic terms, the implication is that changing the order of any Surah in the Qur’an upsets this delicate system, as does adding or removing a single verse. Could this be additional evidence of the Qur’an’s perfect preservation, on top of the already certain knowledge that Muslims have due to its mass memorisation since the time of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him)? God Almighty knows best. Or maybe just a remarkable coincidence? In isolation, perhaps. But then each page of the Qur’an is literally filled with these “coincidences” throughout. Instead of viewing them as lots and lots of little, unrelated peculiarities, instead stack them up, one on top of another. Then peer up to admire the sheer scale that is the burden of evidence. This is a compass that points us to the heavens, and that’s exactly what the Qur’an is – a guide for mankind.
Posted on: Fri, 07 Mar 2014 05:16:26 +0000
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