"Sura Like it"!!!! What went wrong?
[17:88] Say, "If all the humans and all the jinns
banded together in order to produce a Quran like this, they could never produce
anything like it, no matter how much assistance they lent one another."
A few years ago, hundreds of letters of protest were written and condemnation
made of a web site hosted by AOL (America On Line) that was called "Sura like
it."
On that web site, the author, who is probably a
Christian Arab, posted three or four pages in the language and style of
the Quran and called them "Sura like it."
Any reader of the Quran will understand immediately that
the author of these pages meant to take the challenge in the Quran "to
produce a sura like it," to prove a point.
Many of the Muslim scholars all over the world and the Muslim
readers immediately condemned the site and those who are behind it and requested
that AOL immediately remove the site. AOL under that mounting pressure,
voluntarily removed the site.
This kind of reaction by many of the traditional Muslims and the
Muslim scholars, only reflects their ignorance about the Quran and the miracle
of the Quran. It also reflects their inability to understand the Quran or follow
its teachings.
The reader of the Quran can easily recognize that, the challenge
to produce a sura like it, is a genuine challenge by God, Almighty, the Author
of the Quran to all the humans and Jinns. It is meant to be taken seriously. Any
human being alone or with the help of any force on earth is allowed to take it.
For these Scholars and their followers to prevent the challenge from taking
place is to stop the application of the Quran, as God wants it. This only
reflects their own insecurity and their failure to trust in God, the author of
the Quran.
Actually those scholars and their followers do not differ much
from the person who tried to meet the challenge and posted his "Sura like it"
pages. Both are ignorant with the true challenge in the Quran and the miracle of
the Quran that makes it impossible to produce "Sura like it".
The student of the Quran will realize that God in the Quran
never claimed that the eloquence of the language or the style of the Quran are
the basis of its miracle or inimitability. This claim was made up by the
scholars after the death of the prophet. Actually the student of the Quran will
remember that when the contemporaries of the prophet Muhammed asked him for a
miracle. His answer was to wait and that he himself is waiting.
"They say, "How come no
miracle came down to him from his
Lord?" Say, "The future belongs to GOD; so wait, and I am
waiting along with you." [10:20] |
Assuming that the challenge of the Quran is what the scholars
claimed, many Arabic literature giants old and contemporary, accepted the
scholars’ challenge, unaware of the true challenge in the book.
Musaylimah, a contemporary of the prophet Muhammad, Ibn al-Muqaffa,
the prominent Arabic prose writer (died in 139/756), Abul -ala al-Ma’arri (who
died in 449/1057), Taha Hussein, the famous Egyptian literature giant
(1889-1973) are just few of those who took the challenge, unaware of its extent
or their limits.
Ali Dashti (1894-1982), the famous
Iranian-Arab scholar, ignorant with the true challenge of the Quran, had the
following to say:
"Neither the Qur'an's eloquence, nor it's moral precepts are
miraculous." (Ali Dashti, Twenty Three Years, pg 57). Others who shared this
view include "... Ebn Hazm and ol-Khayyat ......and several other leading
exponents of the Mo'tazzilite school."
It was God’s plan for this kind of challenge to take place in
preparation for the discovery of the miracle of the Quran that God called
"One of the great miracles." [74:35]
It was the year 1974 when the waiting was over
(see 10:20). 1974 was the year when number 19 was
discovered as the foundation of the miracle of the Quran. It was also God’s plan
to have number 19 mentioned in Sura 74, this was 1406 lunar years
after the revelation of the Quran. Notice that 1406 is (19 x 74).
Over the next few years , the extent of the mathematical miracle
of the Quran was to be appreciated by those blessed by God Almighty. This
miracle proved the formidable structure of the Quran and why it is inimitable.
"Indeed the book of
the righteous will be in
'Elleyyeen. Do you know what 'Elleyyeen is?
A
NUMERICALLY STRUCTURED BOOK
To be
witnessed BY THOSE CLOSE TO ME. The
righteous have deserved bliss."
[83: 18-22] |
"We will show them our proofs
in the horizons,
and within themselves, until they realize that
this is the truth. Is your Lord not sufficient
as a witness of all things?" [41:53] |
God called the miracle
"One of the great miracles" 74:35
(7+4+3+5= 19)
This mathematical discovery proved that every chapter, sentence,
word, letter and number in the Quran is but a part of an intricate mathematical
composition of the book. This miracle involved the whole book from the first
letter "Ba" in Sura one to the last letter "Seen" in Sura 114.
The book as a whole, the suras (Chapters), and verses,
collectively and separately are built into a most sophisticated mathematical
structure that guarantees the authenticity of the book and guards against any
human interference. It also makes it impossible to imitate the book even after
the code is known.
Many of these Muslim scholars and their followers have been
prevented from witnessing that miracle or appreciating it. They never trusted
the book of God, the Quran, to be complete, perfect and fully detailed as God
stated in the Quran (6:19, 38, 114, 115, 50:45, 12:111, 16:89). God will not
show His miracle to those who do not trust Him or believe his words .
(See how Pharaoh could
not appreciate the miracle produced by Moses, even when God called it clear
proofs), see also [7:146]
For a review of
the simple facts of the
miracle, please click here. To read the more
detailed description of the
miracle, please click here. Or check our dedicated site about the
mathematical miracle of the Quran,
click here. To understand the miraculous structure of verse 1 of sura 1, the
Basmallah, please check the file
BEYOND PROBABILITY:
(unzipped file), or BEYOND
PROBABILITY:
(zipped file). This
Basmallah has to be a part of any sura to meet the challenge.
Now that we understand the structure of the Quran and how the
book is mathematically composed in addition to its literature, eloquence and
style, we know what went wrong with those who challenged the Quran and those who
got up to silence them.
So far, all those who challenged the Quran, challenged what the
scholars thought of the Quran. A thought that was never stated in the Quran or
demanded by God. They challenged the eloquence of the language and the style of
the Quran. So far, no one challenged the Quran as God planned to have it,
a mathematically composed book with every letter, word, verse and sura like a
complex structure interlocked like a huge puzzle where the pieces have to fit
exactly in place. To do so, every piece of that huge puzzle has to have the
right number of letters, the number of words, verses and the right order among
the other suras. In the next few paragraphs we will explain to you, what a
challenge of the Quran should look like to meet the qualification of a
challenge.
As part of the proofs, God in the Quran used 14 of the 28 Arabic
alphabets to create an awesomely designed intricate link between the chapters (Suras),
verses (Sentences), words, letters, their location, their frequency and the
actual numbers in the book. All these designs are based on number 19 per verse
74:30 in the Quran.
All those who are fooled by the simple but beautiful language of
the Quran, did not realize that behind that linguistically beautiful
composition, is one of the most sophisticated mathematical system. A system
that cannot be imitated even with the help of a computer and after the
discovery has been made in 1974. Keep in mind that the Quran was revealed to
Muhammed, over 1400 years ago when no man could have made such a book with the
complex mathematical formulas.
The challenge in the Quran is not only open to the non-Muslims
but is open as much to the Muslims and the scholars from all religions. Since we
publish this article, we will be happy to post here on this site the products of
any one who accepts the challenge. The set-criteria will be easy to judge and it
does not need an expert in any specific language, since mathematics are a
universal language.
The Quranic challenge
Here are the verses that mention the challenge;
Say, "If all the humans and all the jinns
banded together
in order to produce a Quran like this, they could never
produce anything like it, no matter how much assistance
they lent one another." [17:88] |
If you have any doubt regarding what we
revealed to our
servant, then produce one sura like these, and call upon
your own witnesses against GOD, if you are truthful.
[2:23] |
This Quran could not possibly be authored by
other than
GOD. It confirms all previous messages, and provides a
fully detailed scripture. It is infallible, for it comes from
the Lord of the universe. If they say, "He fabricated it,"
say, "Then produce one sura like these, and invite
whomever you wish, other than GOD, if you are truthful."
[10:37-38] |
If they say, "He fabricated (the Quran),"
tell them, "Then
produce ten suras like these, fabricated, and invite
whomever you can, other than GOD, if you are truthful."
[11:13] |
Do they say, "He made it all up?" Instead,
they are
simply disbelievers. Let them produce a Hadith like this,
if they are truthful. [52:33-34] |
As we can see from these verses, the challenge in the Quran goes
from a book like the Quran to ten suras (Chapters), to one sura (Chapter) like
it. Since the least demanding of all the challenges in the Quran is to produce a
sura like it, we will consider this as the challenge .
Please produce a sura like it, that has the following
criteria. You can write it in either Arabic, English or any
other language of your choice. Arabic will meet all the criteria as it is the
language of the Quran, however using any other language to try to achieve all
the rest of the criteria will be acceptable. This means the challenge is open to
all the human beings in all the languages:
(1) Choose any sura in the Quran to
produce one like it.You can choose a short sura or a long sura. The shortest
suras have Basmallah (verse one of sura one) and three verses.
(2) Any Sura, should start with a verse that has
all the qualities of Basmallah (Verse1, Sura 1), as God insisted on posting the
Basmallah on top of all the suras (except the long Sura 9 that has its own
mathematical structure.)
This verse is considered part of these suras and considered as verse 0 of
each of these suras as far as the numbering of the verses is considered. See our
file, The order of the
Suras of the Quran, Another miracle.
Here are the criteria for the requirements to be met in the
verse that would replace the Basmallah:
(to see how these criteria exist in the Basmallah, check the file
BEYOND PROBABILITY: (unzipped file), or BEYOND
PROBABILITY:
(zipped file).
FACT 1. The verse should consists of 19 letters.
FACT 2. The sequence number of each word in the verse followed
by the number of letters in it forms a number which is a multiple of 19.
FACT 3. Replace the number of letters in each word in Fact 2 by
the total gematrical value of that word. Thus, the sequence number of each word
is followed by its total gematrical value, to form a number which is a multiple
of 19:
FACT 4. If you replace the total gematrical value of each word
in Fact 3 by the gematrical value of every letter in that word you should get a
number which is a multiple of 19.
FACT 5. If you insert the sequence number of each letter in the
word before its gematrical value in Fact 4 you should get a number which is a
multiple of 19.
FACT 6. If you replace the total gematrical value of each word
in Fact 3 by the sum of the gematrical values of the first and the last letter
in that word you should get a number which is a multiple of 19:
FACT 7. Consider the numbers used in Fact 2 and Fact 3. In Fact
2, the sequence number of each word is followed by the number of letters in the
word. In Fact 3, we replace the number letters by the gematrical values of the
words Now, for this case, the sequence number of each word will be followed by
the sum of the number of letters and the gematrical value of the word. This
should form a number which is a multiple of 19. See the example of Sura 1, verse
1.
FACT 8. Consider Fact 2, where the sequence number of each word
in the Basmalah is followed by the number of letters in the word. In this case,
the sequence number of each word will be followed by the total number of letters
up to and including that word (cumulative total). The result should be a number
which is a multiple of 19. See the example of Sura 1, verse 1.
FACT 9. This fact is very similar to Fact 8. In this fact,
instead of using the cumulative total number of letters for each word, use the
cumulative total of the gematrical values of the letters corresponding to the
word. For example, the gematrical value of the letters in the Basmalah's four
words (i.e. verse1, sura 1) are 102, 66, 329 and 289, respectively. Then the
cumulative total of the gematrical values of the letters will be 102 for the
first word. It will be 168 (102+66) for the second word, 497 (102+66+329) for
the third word, and finally 786 (102+66+329+289) for the last word.
Write down the sequence numbers of the words followed by the
cumulative total of the gematrical values of the letters corresponding to the
word. The resultant number should be a multiple of 19.
FACT 10. The gematrical value of each letter of the verse,
followed by its sequence number (1 through 19) should form a number that is a
multiple of 19. See the example of Sura 1, verse 1.
FACT 11. Insert the sequence number of each word (1, 2, 3, and
4) at the end of each group of numbers in Fact 10 while keeping all the numbers
the same. The result should be a number that is a multiple of 19. See
the example of Sura 1, verse 1.
FACT 12. Consider the numbers in Fact 11, and replace the
sequence numbers of the words (1, 2, 3, and 4) with their gematrical values ,
while keeping all the other numbers the same. The result should bea number,
that is a multiple of 19. See the example of Sura 1, verse 1.
FACT 13. This time change the position of the gematrical values
of the words in Fact 12, and put them preceding the words, instead of following
them. The resultant number, should also be a multiple of 19:
FACT 14. For your verse-like it, write down the following: a)
Number of letters in the word, b) The total gematrical value of the word, c) The
gematrical value of each letter in the word. The entire number should be a
multiple of 19.
FACT 15. In Fact 14, the total gematrical values of the words
are placed second in sequence. Now, place them as the last item in each
underlined word. The resultant number, should remain a multiple of 19
FACT 16. If you represent each one of the words of your
verse-like it,by the sequence number of the letters in it. If we add these
numbers representing the words of your verse-like-it, the result should be
a number which is a multiple of 19. See the example of Sura 1, verse 1.
FACT 17. Consider the numbers that represented each word of your
verse-like-it in Fact 16. Instead of adding these numbers, write each one down,
followed by the sequence number of the word. The result should be a number, that
is a multiple of 19. See the example of Sura 1, verse 1.
FACT 18. This fact is based on three numbers only. If you
put the number of the words next to the number of the letters next to the total
gematrical value of the whole verse-like-it, it should be a multiple of 19.
FACT 19. If you write the number of verses in the challenge,
(i.e.1), then the total number of the letters in your verse-like-it (i.e. 19)
followed by the number of letters in each word , the result should be
multiple of multiples of 19. See the example of Sura 1, verse 1.
(3) After the Basmallah, complete
your chosen sura-like it, and tell us which sura does it imitate.
Remember that all the words used in the sura should not disturb any
mathematically composed phenomenon in the rest of the suras, e.g. the total
number of the word God, messenger, throne, one, merciful, gracious, name, days,
months, say, prayer, charity, pilgrimage, fasting, Jesus, Muhammed, Mary,
Moses, Adam, covenant, prophet....etc and should also keep the
mathematical balance of certain quranic expressions.
The gematrical values of the Arabic Alphabets are known and can
be found on our web site.
The gematrical value of the English Alphabets or any other language can be
assumed as A=1, B=2, C= 3...etc., if you choose to write it in English or
any other language. Let us know these values when you are done.
(4) The produced sura should make complete and
perfect laws or advise for moral standard and should be grammatically and
linguistically sound.
The challenge is open for anyone to take. Send us your "Sura-like-it"
that meets the above criteria and we will show it to the whole world to see, on
our web site. Please include all the mathematical composition of your writing as
stated in the above criteria.
Reference:
(1) The Arabic Quran.
(2)Authorized
English Translation of the Quran by Dr. Rashad khalifa.
(3) Mathematical
Miracle of the Quran: Detailed explanation of the Mathematical Miracle of
the Quran. Appendix 1 of Dr. Khalifa's translation
of the Quran .
(4)
BEYOND PROBABILITY: (unzipped file),
A book by Abdullah Arik.
The book presents one of the great aspect of the Mathematical Miracle of the
Quran with emphasis on the miracle of the Basmallah and sura 1.
(5) Approaches to the History of the Interpretation of the Quran,
Edited by Andrew Rippin, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1988. ISBN 0-19-826546-8
(6) Arabic Literature to the end of the Umayyad Period, The
Cambridge History of Arabic Literature, Edited by A.F.L. Beeston et al,
Cambridge University Press, 1983. ISBN 0-521-24015-8
(7) Twenty Three Years: A Study of the Prophetic Career of
Mohammed, Ali Dashti, (Translated from Persian by F.R.C. Bagley), George Allen
and Unwin, 1985, ISBN 0 04 297048 2.
[I will divert from
My revelations those who are arrogant
on earth, without justification. Consequently, when they
see every kind of proof they will not believe. And when
they see the path of guidance they will not adopt it as
their path, but when they see the path of straying they
will adopt it as their path. This is the consequence of
their rejecting our proofs, and being totally heedless
thereof.] [7:146]
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