Researched by : Ahmed Okla
Since the discovery of the mathematical code of the
Quran in 1974 by Rashad Khalifa, Ph.D., there have been many claims of
other codes in other books, specially the Bible, the book of the
Mormons, the English Dictionary,……etc. The Bible code by Michael
Drosnin, however, has gained widespread popularity first, until many
scientists and researchers produced similar codes in any regular book
using the system that Michael Drosnin used. Since the code claimed in
the Bible or similar books was discovered using the same system, they
all shared in the same flaws that we will discuss next. The purpose
behind the Bible code was to find secret or hidden messages or codes
in the Bible and use these messages to try to prove that the Bible has
to be the word of God. Here are the flaws in the system used to
develop the Bible code and other codes and their hidden messages that
use the same pattern.
| Comparison |
Bible
code |
Quran
code |
| 1- The Code employed: |
The Bible code as used by Drosnin is
based on what is now known as (ELS), short for Equidistant Letter
Sequence. It works by eliminating spaces between words. It is a
man made idea put into use, but has no mention or support in the
Bible itself. After eliminating the space between all the words in
the whole Bible, you then conduct a computer search (ELS). In this
(ELS) the researcher would program the computer to eliminate the
space between words then skip a number of letters, 7 letters, 20,
43, 120 (or any number of letters) to search for a specific name
or event that comes in sequence, e.g. Israel. As expected, this (ELS),
is entirely up to the researcher and is not restricted by any
rules. The researcher then keep trying different ELS values until
something comes up. Using every 50th letter in Genesis 1, for
example, produces the word Israel somewhere in the text!
Using this technique the researcher can
produce what he is looking for, specially now with the help of the
computer and the free hand in using any (ELS). The researcher has
only to keep trying different ELS values until he/she gets what
he/she wants. Using this method on Moby Dick,
Brendan McKay, an Australian mathematician, was able to predict
the assassinations of Gandhi and Somoza (Ben Witherington, (after
it already happened), "A Cracked Code,"Christianity
Today, July 12, 1999, page 20). |
The Quran code is based on a specific
given code mentioned by name in the scripture, the Final Testament
Quran) and its use and function is specially detailed. This code
as mentioned in sura (Chapter) 74 is the prime number 19. This
number is described as having the function of proving that the
Quran is the word of God (see 74:30-31). This code of the Quran
does not depend on eliminating spaces, removing words or letters
from the script, but it rather confirms their presence.
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| 2- The Writing of the Scripture : |
Hebrew, the original language of the
Bible, is written from right to left. However, Drosnin and most of
those who claimed the presence of the biblical code worked out the
code analysis left to right opposite to the writing of the Hebrew
scripture or at least the divine intention of writing it.
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Arabic, the original language of the
Quran is written from right to left. The miracle and code of the
Quran is based on this original direction of writing without any
changes to the Scripture.
It is also important to know that the
code and miracle of the Quran is not based on any translation.
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| 3- Original Text:
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The Hebrew Bible has been written and
re-written many times and have additions, corrections or
commentaries added by pious Rabbis over the years. This means that
the claim of Drosnin and others to use a "universally accepted
original Hebrew text" as the basis for their studies of no basis.
There does not exist an original Hebrew Bible. In other words,
Drosnin and others were searching a totally man altered book and
not an original scripture of divine nature. |
The Quran is a unique scripture because
it has been preserved from the first moment of its revelation by
both a written text and by memorizing it, one generation after
another until this day. The oldest copy of the Quran and other old
copies are still available for review. Any controversy in any
written text was resolved by resorting to the memorized version.
The one Quran we have has been in existence for the last 14
centuries and its memorizers all agree on the same wordings and
confirm the correct way of writing it. |
| 4- Added words:
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The student of the Bible will find out
that there are numerous biblical manuscripts where the order of
words is not the same in all documents. In some others an
explanation, correction or addition was added by a scribe writing
at a later date. It is not unusual to see the remark "was not in
the earliest manuscript." written in in many Bibles. |
Since the Quran comes in its original
form from the very beginning supported by thousands of people who
memorize every word in it generation after another, Quran does not
suffer from this "addition" problem. Any attempts made to re-write
it in a different format (not a different Quran) was immediately
exposed as non-original. |
| 5- Deliberate alterations of
translations:
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A very important
note by Ronald Hendel, about the manipulation used in getting some
results in the Bible code shed some light for us. He wrote in
Bible Review, August, 1997, that deliberate
mistranslations had been used to get desired results. One example
Hendel gave was Genesis 25:11 where your Bible will say "After
Abraham's death" Drosnin used "After the
death of the Prime Minister." The Hebrew Abraham
was divided to Ab and raham
making two words, and the ELS connection was Rabin!
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The Quranic code and miracle are not
based on any translation, and therefore this problem does not
exist .
What the code did was expose any attempt
to make changes in the writing of the Quran and confirm any
doubted material that has historical support but no physical proof
until the code was unveiled in 1974.
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| The Quran code in addition to its strong
relationship to the words, letters, sentences and chapters in the
Quran, also exists in an intricate mathematical fashion that is
totally independent of the wordings of the book and represents a
whole separate miracle in its own right. Some of these miracles
also depend on what is known as the geometrical value of the words
and alphabets of the Quran, which is pure mathematics based on the
numerical value given to the Semitic alphabets, thousands of years
ago. For more information on the miracle of the Quran please
click here:
http://www.submission.org/miracle/
Before ending this article, I would like to remind the reader
of a very interesting historical fact about the Bible code. The
actual code of the Bible was described by Rabbi Judah in the 12th
century AD in a preserved part of the Old Testament. That code was
the same 19-based mathematical code we discovered in the Quran,
seven centuries later.
Below is a quote from Studies In Jewish Mysticism.
"The people (Jews) in France made it a custom to add (in the
morning prayer) the words: " ’Ashrei temimei derekh (blessed are
those who walk the righteous way)," and our Rabbi, the Pious, of
blessed memory, wrote that they were completely and utterly wrong.
It is all gross falsehood, because there are only nineteen times
that the Holy Name is mentioned (in that portion of the morning
prayer), . . . and similarly you find the word Elohim nineteen
times in the pericope of Ve-’elleh shemot . . . .
"Similarly, you find that Israel were called "sons" nineteen
times, and there are many other examples. All these sets of
nineteen are intricately intertwined, and they contain many
secrets and esoteric meanings, which are contained in more than
eight volumes. Therefore, anyone who has the fear of God in him
will not listen to the words of the Frenchmen who add the verse "
’Ashrei temimei derekh (blessed are those who walk in the paths of
God’s Torah, for according to their additions the Holy Name is
mentioned twenty times . . . and this is a great mistake.
Furthermore, in this section there are 152 words, but if you add "
’Ashrei temimei derekh" there are 158 words. This is nonsense, for
it is a great and hidden secret why there should be 152 words . .
." (Studies In Jewish Mysticism, Joseph Dan, Association for
Jewish Studies. Cambridge, Massachusetts: 1978, p 88.) |
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