Evaluating the Statistical Researches about the Quran based on the Differences in the Recitations

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Research/Original Article (دارای رتبه معتبر)
Abstract:
Numerical or statistical inimitability is one aspect of the miraculousness of the Holy Quran. Its advocates believe that other aspects of the inimitability of the Quran such as theological, verbal, literary, expressive, artistic, scientific, etc., may be violated according to different views. Still, there isn't such a problem with the numbers and digits because the results of all numerical and statistical operations are identical for everybody; for example, the answer of 2*2 is always four. Also, the results of all formulas, equations, and four main operations in mathematics are acceptable to everyone in the world. Therefore, in the field of numerical inimitability, some researchers have studied the Quran statistically through an approach that is the most correct in their opinion. In this field, perhaps Rashad Khalifa may be considered the most well-known person, whose theory about the miracle of the number 19 attracted a lot of attention. Similarly, there were other researchers who tried to prove the inimitability of the Quran through numbers. So, in this study, their theories and views have been introduced. Also, only regarding the belief in certain numbers as the key code or number of the Quran, and based on the qur'anic sciences and especially recitations (Qirāʾāt), their results were challenged; as in the process of proving the numerical inimitability of the Quran, they neglected many realities such as the differences in the qur'anic recitations.
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Persian
Published:
Journal of Quran and Hadith Studies, Volume:54 Issue: 2, 2023
Pages:
139 to 161
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