Relational Algebra Miracle in the Quran

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If we count the number of chapters, verses and letters in the Quran in every possible way, we will find some interesting coincidences, just like with any other book.

The "miracle"

It turned-out that there is more to 19 than simple counting. There exists relations between the verses which are also multiples of 19. Example, each verse in the Quran has four identifiers: chapter number, verse number, word count, letter count.

chapter verse vwords vletters text

1 1 4 19 بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

1 2 4 18 الحمد لله رب العالمين

1 3 2 12 الرحمن الرحيم

1 4 3 12 مالك يوم الدين

1 5 4 19 إياك نعبد وإياك نستعين

1 6 3 19 اهدنا الصراط المستقيم

If we replace the first verse in the Quran by its four identifiers we get a unique number "11419"; this number is a multiple of 19. If we replace the entire Quran by the same method we get one very huge number, but it also turned out to be a multiple of 19. (See proof)

The first number "11419" consists of 5 digits and it would have been very easy for a human to divide by 19. However the second number is very huge and consists of 46500 digits, which means it would have been impossible for a human to know if it is a multiple of 19. The probability of this to be correct by chance is 0.0004616805.

How could an illiterate man who lived 1400 years ago have known about relational algebra?

miracles-of-quran.com: Relational Algebra

Miracle of 19 in sura al-Fatiha

Let's see the miracle of divisibility by 19 in verses of sura al-faatiha:

Chapter	Verse	Words	Letters	"Magical number"	"Magical number" / 19	Text	The miracle of 19
1	1	4	19	11419	601	بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ	succeeded
1	2	4	18	12418	653.578947368	الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ	failed
1	3	2	12	13212	695.368421053	الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ	failed
1	4	3	12	14312	753.263157895	مَالِكِ يَوْمِ الدِّينِ	failed
1	5	4	19	15419	811.526315789	إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ وَإِيَّاكَ نَسْتَعِينُ	failed
1	6	3	19	16319	858.894736842	اهْدِنَا الصِّرَاطَ الْمُسْتَقِيمَ	failed
1	7	9	44	17944	944.421052632	صِرَاطَ الَّذِينَ أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ غَيْرِ الْمَغْضُوبِ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا الضَّالِّينَ	failed

The only verse that succeeded in the "miracle" of divisibility by 19 was the first verse. All others failed. Apologists showed the result only for the first verse and were quiet about all the other verses. This is a cherry-picking fallacy. They also omitted the last (7th) verse in their table, probably because the letter count 44 didn't look as impressive as 19 and 19 for verses 5 and 6.

Arbitrary numbers

In the time of Muhamamd, suras were known by their names and not numbers. Numbering of suras came later and the numbering is man-made and is not a part of the revelation. So how can this be a proof for the revelation? Numbering of verses also wasn't originally in the Quran. And the system of writing also wasn't fully developed. For example, the first word in the Quran (bism) is a combination of "in" (ب, bi) and "a name" (اسم, ism) and it used to be written as بسم, with the first letter of ism missing. But in today's Arabic it would be written as باسم (with the letter ا not pronounced). Who's to say which way is right? With 3 letters of 4 letters? Muhammad didn't write the Quran, he only recited it. The system of writing is man-made and arbitrary.

And also we have different versions of the Arabic Quran (Warsh, Hafs..).

And also there is not a scholarly consensus whether the basmala at the beginning of suras is a verse or not. ^[1]

Probability

Since there is infinite number of ways of counting things in the Quran, there is cca 100% chance of finding some interesting co-incidences (like two counts being both divisible by 19). Just like in any other book.

And there's nothing unique about being unique.

The Bhagavad Gita is named "Bhagavad Gita". It could have been named "The Koranos", "Bhagavad Guitar" or "Bhagavad Gitaa" or "Bhagavad Gitaaa" or "Bhagavad Gitaaaa"... there is infinite number of ways the name could have been. The probability of the one name "Bhagavad Gita" out of infinite number of possible names is 1/∞ and that is 0.0000000000000000000000000000000000000000...........000001 %. The chance is infinitely small, so that's even bigger miracle than the probability of 0.0004616805.