By AbdulDa'em Al-Kaheel
This question was posed to my by one of the
brothers. It would please me that the readers
have the opportunity to see the answer because
of its importance. Although the question is
simple, it opens our eyes to a unique miracle
which is exclusive to The Holy Qur'an.
How does the mind ensure that the Qur'an has
been safe from alteration after the elapse of
fourteen centuries, and how is it possible to
ensure that not even one letter has been
changed? Naturally, being a believer, I recall
what Allah, Most High, said:
{Verily, We, it is We Who have sent down the
Dhikr (i.e. the Qur'an) and surely, We will
guard it (from corruption).} 15:9
Nevertheless, what is the way to obtain
unshakable faith?
Faith does not appear in a day and a night,
rather it requires years to build. The believer
continues to increase in faith with each sign
and evidence he witnesses, until the day he
dies. Here is only one proof which shows that
the Qur'an is the Book of Allah; there is a
characteristic which you will find in no book
except in one Book. This characteristic is that
the most frequently mentioned word in that Book
is the Name of its Author. If we were to skim
through the books of the world, which probably
add up to billions, you would most likely not
find a single book in which the name of the
author is mentioned anywhere other than on the
front cover, in the introduction and at the end
of the book, namely three or four times. On the
other hand, we have the Qur'an, which was sent
down by Allah, Most High. In the Qur'an, the
name of the Author (i.e. Allah) is mentioned
many, many times, exactly 2699 times. Notice
that Allah had chose to mention His Name in the
Qur'an specifically 2699 times because this is
an odd number, which points to the Oneness of
Allah, and a prime number[1] which cannot be
divided by any number other than itself and the
number "1", simply because Allah is One!
Another amazing discovery is that the most
frequently mentioned number in the Qur'an is the
number "1". Did this happen by coincidence? If
some slight alterations were made to the Qur'an,
these delicate calculations would not render
such results. This is only a minute example in
order to strengthen the faith, as mentioned by
Allah, Most High:
{...Thus (it is sent down in parts), that We may
strengthen your heart thereby. And We have
revealed it to you gradually, in stages.} 25:32
This article has been translated with slight
modifications to the original text. Quotations
are not accurate. Translations of Qur'anic
verses were quoted from the King Fahd Complex
translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan. The
hadeeths have been freehandly translated.
Original text from
http://www.kaheel7.com/modules.php?name=News&file=print&sid=388
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[1] i.e. These types of numbers must be divided
by either themselves or by the number "1" in
order to end up with an integer as the result.
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_number
