July , 1997                                                                                     Vol. 13 No.7

6 + 1 + 8 + 4 = 19 = One

Your god is one god; there is no god but He, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.

(2:163)

The Quran is characterized by a unique phenomenon never found in any human authored book. Every element of the Quran is mathematically composed¾the suras, the verses, the words, the number of certain letters, the number of words from the same root, the number and variety of divine names, the unique spelling of certain words, and many other elements of the Quran besides its content. There are two major facets of the Quran’s mathematical system: (1) The mathematical literary composition, and (2) The mathematical structure involving the numbers of suras and verses.

The number nineteen is the common denominator throughout the Quran’s mathematical system. For example, the first verse (1:1), known as Bas-malah, consists of 19 Arabic letters. The Quran consists of 114 (19x6) su-ras. The total number of verses in the Quran (including the 112 un-numbered Basmalahs) is 6346 or 19x334. Also 6+3+4+6 = 19. The to-tal occurrence of the word Allah (God) is 2698, or 19x142. The total sum of the verse numbers for all verses containing the word Allah is 118123, or 19x6217. These are just a few examples and should alone suffice as incontrovertible proof that the Quran is God’s message to the world. However, the Quran’s mathematical system is not limited to the word Al-lah (God), it is extremely vast, ex-tremely intricate, and totally compre-hensive. For more information, please refer to Appendix 1 of the "Quran: The Final Testament, Authorized English Translation by Rashad Khalifa, Ph.D."

Why 19?

The "abjad" numerical system, as-signing a numerical value to each letter, has been widely practiced be-fore the establishment of the Roman or Arabic numerals as we know today. For example, in Arabic, the letter Alif (A) has a numerical value of 1, and Bah (B) has a numerical value of 2, and so on. If the people’s language were Hebrew, or Aramaic, they used the letters of that language for numer-als. We now understand that the mathematical coding of the Quran with the number 19 is based on the fact that 19 is the numerical value of the word "wahid" (ONE). The fol-lowing is a study done by Dr. Cesar Majul in 1984. It is reported again here as an answer to some people’s question on 19.

The Word "One" Referring to God

In the text of the Quran, there are 19 and only 19 verses where the word wahid ( ) is used to refer to or characterize Allah (God) as ONE.

It is to be recalled that the most im-portant or basic doctrine¾the central theme¾of the Quran is that God is ONE. The Quran teaches that God will forgive any sin of a repentant transgressor; but one offense He will not forgive is that of ascribing part-ners to Him (39:53; 4:48; 4:116 ...).

6+1+8+4=19=One

Applying the abjad numerical system (or gematrical values of the letters) to the word wahid gives it the numerical value of 19:

Arabic Letters of Wahid	Numerical Value
W	6
A	1
H	8
D	4
Total	19

The word wahid occurs 25 times in the total number of Quranic verses. Of these, one verse refers to one kind of food. Two verses use the word to refer to persons involved in inheritance shares. One verse refers to a gate. One refers to watering, and another one refers to each of a pair of adulterers. These account for six verses. The bal-ance of 19 verses refer to God’s qual-ity (sifat) as being ONE. Table 1 lists all the verses in which the word wahid (ONE) is mentioned.

Thus there are 19 and only 19 Quranic verses which use the word wahid as exclusively referring to God’s Oneness. That this word also has the numerical value of 19 is significant. This fact in the light of other consid-erations, like the researches of Dr. Rashad Khalifa, cannot be another accident or coincidence. Indeed, it is another instance of general pattern in the Quran.

Note: Incidentally, the word wahidan ( ) is also found in the Quran to refer to "one." It as such occurs five times. In 25:14 it refers to one’s destruction. In 38:5 it refers to some persons trying to make many gods into one. In 54:24 it refers to one alone among men. In 2:133 and 9:31, it refers to worship of One God. But the numerical value of wahidan is twenty and not nineteen. This comes about from the extra alif used for the tanwin at the end of the word. Thus this word was not included in the list of 25 entries in Table 1.

He looked. He frowned and whined. Then he turned away ar-rogantly. He said, "This is but clever magic! This is human made." I will commit him to retri-bution. What retribution! Thor-ough and comprehensive. Obvious to all people. Over it is nine-teen.... This is one of the great miracles (74:21-30, 35)

Dr. Cesar Majul

References:

1. Concordance of the Quran by Mu-hammad Fuad Abdul-Baqi

2. Concordance of the Quran by Hanna Kassis.

Table 1. The 25 verses in which the word wahid (one) is mentioned in the Quran, and the 19 cases where it refers to the oneness of God
Number	Sura and Verse	Nature of verse (the word wahid refers to)	Verses where wahid refers to God
1	2:61	one kind of food
2	2:163	God as ONE	1
3	4:11	one person in inheritence
4	4:12	each of two in inheritence
5	4:171	God as ONE	2
6	5:73	God as ONE	3
7	6:19	God as ONE	4
8	12:39	God as ONE	5
9	12:67	one gate
10	13:4	watering
11	13:16	God as ONE	6
12	14:48	God as ONE	7
13	14:52	God as ONE	8
14	16:22	God as ONE	9
15	16:51	God as ONE	10
16	18:110	God as ONE	11
17	21:108	God as ONE	12
18	22:34	God as ONE	13
19	24:2	each adulterer
20	29:46	God as ONE	14
21	37:4	God as ONE	15
22	38:65	God as ONE	16
23	39:4	God as ONE	17
24	40:16	God as ONE	18
25	41:6	God as ONE	19

Birds (Part II)

The Mystery Of Migration

Have they not seen the birds above them lined up in columns and spreading their wings? The Most Gracious is the One who holds them in the air. He is Seer of all things. (67:19)

Certainly of all things about birds, one of the most incredible is migration. In ancient times, all kinds of strange explanations were advanced to explain why certain birds disappeared in certain seasons. It was believed swallows spent the winter sleeping at the bottom of lakes. Aristotle announced that the European robin changed into another bird, the European redstart, at the approach of summer, and then presumably back into a robin. The Romans generally agreed, but claimed swallows turned into frogs. In 1703 an Englishman wrote that birds flew to the moon taking 60 days to get there and then on arrival finding no nourishment went into hibernation.

We now know that when birds disap-pear from one location it is because they migrate. We know when they go, which birds go where, over what route. Some are truly incredible jour-neys. The sandpiper goes from Can-ada to Tierro del Fuego. The golden plover travels from the arctic to the pampas of Argentina. Some barn swallows go 9000 miles from Alaska to Patagonia. Scandinavian swallows end up at the southern tip of Africa. Little warblers weighing less than an ounce take solitary night journeys from Germany to central Africa. The arctic tern is the champion long dis-tance flyer, going between 10 and 14 thousand miles in its migration, breeding at the North Pole and win-tering in Antarctica.

Those are the things we know. What still baffles scientists is the how. What prompts them to start when they start and to return when they return? And how do they find their way? For each new theory advanced, tests were per-formed which disproved it. Do they use landmarks? A species of stork when migrating south through the North American plains makes an abrupt turn to the west at approxi-mately Great Falls, Montana to cross the Rockies. But it couldn’t be land-marks, because birds cross vast stretches of ocean to remote islands. The golden plover travels over 2000 miles from Alaska to Hawaii over open seas. Some curlews go 6000 miles from Alaska to Tahiti with no landmarks to follow.

Birds use the position of the sun. Ex-periments with birds in cages showed that they would orient themselves to the sun and become confused by mir-rors changing the sun’s position. Yet many species of birds migrate by night. They then must use the stars. But while it’s true that birds rarely start out on a cloudy night, they will continue their migration even if clouds obscure the stars.

It is generally acknowledged now that all these factors apply. Birds do use the sun by day and the stars at night and also the earth’s magnetic field, perhaps also wind currents, land-marks and deep ocean sound vibra-tions. How they use these things re-mains a puzzle.

And how do they know where to go? In an experiment a bird was carried from its burrow in Wales to Boston, Mass. and released. Within two weeks, it was back in its burrow, 3000 miles across the Atlantic, totally un-familiar territory. The bronze cuckoo of New Zealand is raised by foster parents who do not migrate, yet the young cuckoo migrates over 2500 miles of open ocean to the Solomon Islands for its first winter.

They must carry within them a "map," which shows them instinc-tively the route and the destination. And they must also have within them an internal clock that tells them when to leave. The swallows return to Cap-istrano on the same day each year and the vultures to Hinkley, Ohio (so man can marvel and turn it into an event.)

Migration is an amazing phenome-non. It’s a difficult journey and many perish, providing food supplies for other animals along the migration route. A Mediterranean falcon lays its eggs later in the season than any other bird so it can feed its young off the migration of other birds.

To help conserve energy and insure that the most individuals complete the trip many birds fly in formation. The beautiful V-shape of the Canada goose and others is the most efficient use of drafting. It saves a lot of energy for the whole flock, each bird able to rest on the air currents created. Who teaches them that?

Do you not realize that everyone in the heavens and the earth glorifies God, even the birds as they fly in a column? Each knows its prayer and its glorification. God is fully aware of everything they do. (24:41)

While the ornithologists and scientists struggle and experiment and test out theories, we know the truth. A bird flies because God is the One who holds it in the air. It migrates along mysterious routes because it follows God’s plan. Its flight is part of its glo-rification of its Creator.

The robin doesn’t wish it were an ea-gle. The crow doesn’t care that he’s not colorful like the cardinal. The hummingbird doesn’t want to try fish for change like the duck.

That’s a lesson for us. A sign for people who understand and take heed. Our job is to worship God alone. If we can do that job even a fraction as well as birds do their jobs, we might just be fortunate enough to fly with them in heaven.

Lydia Kelley

A Letter From Down Under

Assalam mualaikum

Brothers and sisters in Islam

The year 1997 is almost gone! And we are going towards the year 2000 soon. We hope to be able to see universal unity all over the world becoming submitters, Inshallah. I am sending a Bankdraft US $38.00 for the subscription of the Sub-mitters Perspective for 1997 and 1998 to save the hassles of overdue and time overlaps.

My husband and I are hoping to spread and promote Islam to families and friends in Australia and overseas. We can only do our best, Inshallah. We win some and lose some. We put our whole trust in God. He is the Grantor and the best Protector. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the Universe.

Salam to all brothers and sisters in Islam

Your brethren in faith,

D & Z Noh Stumer

1997 International Conference
August 29-31, 1997
Tucson, Arizona

For those who can make it, God willing, we will see you at the 12th annual conference of the United Submitters.

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