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This is a sub-article to Qur'an and Islamic view of miracles.

People are known to have attributed several miracles to the Qur'an<ref>http://www.miraclesofthequran.com/</ref>, some claiming the Qu'ran itself to be a miracle.

1 Claims
2 References
3 External links

[edit] Claims

[edit] Historical

Some claim historical miracles <ref>http://www.miraclesofthequran.com/historical_index.html</ref>

[edit] Pharao versus King

Some claim the the Qur'an differentiates between the word "Pharao" and "King" in a historically accurate way<ref>http://www.miraclesofthequran.com/historical_05.html</ref>.

[edit] Predictions

Some claim miraculous predictions <ref>http://www.miraclesofthequran.com/predictions_index.html</ref>.

Hadith of the prediction in Sura al-Rum.
3:12<ref name="false">[1]</ref>
5:67<ref name="false"/>
24:55<ref name="false"/> (Shi'a view not confirmed)
28:85<ref name="false"/>
48:16<ref name="false"/> (Shi'a view not confirmed)
48:18-19<ref name="false"/>
48:27 <ref name="false"/>
54:44-45<ref name="false"/>
61:13<ref name="false"/>

[edit] Mathematical

Some claim mathematical miracles <ref>http://www.miraclesofthequran.com/mathematical_index.html, http://www.submission.org/miracle/</ref>

[edit] Statistical miracles

Claims of statistical miracles:

It includes the following warning:

Since the Qur'aan is in Arabic language, it is necessary to know that this study cannot be fully understood except in Arabic, and due to the lack of vocabulary in English, many single words in Arabic appear as sentences! <ref name="islamicweb">Study conducted by Dr. Tariq Al-Suwaidan [2] </ref>

Equilibrium:

Al-Salihat (Righteous deeds) * 167	Al-Sayi'at (Evil deeds) * 167 <ref name="islamicweb"/>
Al-Hayat (Life) 145	Al-Maout (Death) 145 <ref name="islamawareness"/><ref name="islamicweb"/>
Hardship 114	Patience 114<ref name="islamawareness"/>
Al-Shiddah (Hardship) 102	Al-Sabr (Patience) 102 <ref name="islamicweb"/>
Al-Dunya (This world) 115	Al-Akhira (The hereafter) 115 <ref name="islamawareness">http://www.islamawareness.net/Miq/stat.html </ref><ref name="islamicweb"/>
Al-Mala'ikah (Angles) 88	Al-Shayateen (Satan) 88 <ref name="islamawareness"/> <ref name="islamicweb"/>
Al-Mahabbah (Love) * 83	Al-Ta'ah (Obedience) * 83 <ref name="islamicweb"/>
Al-Huda (Right Guidance) * 79	Al-Rahma (Mercy) * 79 <ref name="islamicweb"/>
Al-Musibah (Disaster/calamity) 75	Al-Shukr (Thank) 75 <ref name="islamicweb"/><ref name="islamawareness"/>
Spending (Sadaqah) 73	Satisfaction 73 <ref name="islamawareness"/>
Magic 60	Fitnah (dissuasion, misleading) 60 <ref name="islamawareness"/>
Benefi't 50	Corrupt 50 <ref name="islamawareness"/>
People 50	Messengers 50 <ref name="islamawareness"/>
Al-Salaam (Peace) 50	Al-Tayibaat (Delicacies) 50 <ref name="islamicweb"/>
Mind 49	Noor 49 <ref name="islamawareness"/>
Muslimeen 41	Jihad 41 <ref name="islamawareness"/>
Zakat (Taxes Muslims pay to the poor) 32	Barakah (Increasing or blessings of wealth) 32 <ref name="islamawareness"/>
Tongue 25	Sermon 25 <ref name="islamawareness"/>
Al-Rajul (Man) 24	Al-Mar'ha (Women) 24 <ref name="islamawareness"/><ref name="islamicweb"/>
Speaking publicly 18	Publicising 18 <ref name="islamawareness"/>
People who are mislead 17	Dead people 17 <ref name="islamawareness"/>
Al-Jahr (Saying Aloud) * 16	Al-'Alaniyah (in public) * 16 <ref name="islamicweb"/>
Iblees (Satan/Lucifer/king of devils) 11	Al-Isti'azah Billah (seek God's refugee/Seek refuge from Eblees) 11 <ref name="islamicweb"/><ref name="islamawareness"/>
Muhammed 4	Sharee'ah (Muhammed's teachings) 4 <ref name="islamawareness"/>

Theological relation:

Al-Jazaa' (Reward) 117	Al-Maghfirah (Forgiveness) 234 (117*2) <ref name="islamicweb"/>
Al-Raheem (the All-Merciful), 114 times	Al-Rahman (The Almighty), 57 =114/2 times <ref>http://www.free-minds.org/articles/gods_system/rahman.htm</ref>
Al-Abraar (The Righteous) * 6	Al-Fujjaar (The Wicked) 3 <ref name="islamicweb"/>
Al-Yisr (Facility, Relief) * 36	Al-'Usr (Difficulty) * 12 <ref name="islamicweb"/>

Factual relation:

Al-Shahr (Month) 12	Al-Yahom (Day) 365 <ref name="islamicweb"/><ref name="islamawareness"/>
Al-bahar (Sea) 32	Al-bar (Land) 13 <ref name="islamicweb"/> <ref name="islamawareness"/>

If we add up the total words of both "sea" and "land" we get 45. A calculation:

32/45 X 100% = 71% = percentages of Water (Sea) in the world <ref>[3] [4] [5] [6]</ref>
13/45 X 100% = 29% = percentages of Land in the world

[edit] Criticism

Apart the possibility of finding these statistics in every book of more than 200 pages -as has proven by some scientists to contradict the supposed miracles of the bible- the methodology of these statistics are suspicious:

The word al yawm (day) appears 372 times in its singular form to express a single day, 3 times to express multiple days of ten and more, and 3 times in its plural form of two. (the plural form from three to ten is excluded) [7], those who made these statisctics may have excluded the word "day" when it is followed by a possessif adjective, 'your day' "yawmakum" is thus excluded. Also, the word "month" (shahr) is found 9 times in its singular form to express a singule month and three times (3) to express the plural of more than 10, the plural form from three to ten is excluded. In this example of Day/Month, the methodology seems to be different.

Aside from the suspicious methodology, Some words are chosen because they match what is attempted to reach, for example the duality between Sea/Land could be translated into Bah'r/Ard' instead of Bah'r/Birr. And many of the dulaities are too vague, Muhammed/sharia or Right Guidance/Mercy, and don't really correspond to a duality.

[edit] Number 19

Several of the claimed miracles are centered around the number 19 <ref>http://www.submission.org/why-19.html</ref>.

[edit] Critisism

Some have criticism of the number 19 claim <ref>http://answering-islam.org.uk/Religions/Numerics/</ref>

[edit] Perfection

Some claim miracles in its literacy <ref>http://www.miraclesofthequran.com/perfection_index.html</ref>

[edit] References

<References/> The Quran is a masterpiece in it's eloquence and fluency and what is meant in this sense that in trying to convey the message, it uses very clear, beautiful, poetic, and meaningful terms. No book has ever been produced with the same likness of the Quran.