Nassir H. Sabah
In 32 chapters of the Quran the count of numbered verses is a prime number, that is, a whole number greater than 1 that can only be exactly divided by 1 and itself to give a positive whole number as a quotient. For example, the numbered verses in Chapter 1 are 7, which is a prime number, as it can only be exactly divided by 1 and 7 to give +7 and +1, respectively, whereas the numbered verses in Chapter 11 are 123, which is not a prime number, as it can be exactly divided by 1, 3, 41, and 123 to give +123, +41, +3, and +1, respectively. Interestingly, the digit sum of 32, which is 5, is the 3rd prime number, where both 3 and 5 are prime numbers.
As reported in the relevant literature, the chapter numbers of these 32 chapters are listed in the first column of the table below, and the prime number count of the numbered verses in each of these chapters is listed in the corresponding row of the second column. The third column lists the prime numbers whose index, that is, whose order number in the ascending list of prime numbers, is the number in the corresponding row of the second column. For example, the 7th prime number in the ascending list of prime numbers (2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23….) is 17, so this number is entered in the first row of the third column. The 109th prime number is 599, as can be verified from a list of prime numbers such as: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List of the first 1000 prime numbers , so this number is entered in the second row of the first column, and so on.
When the numbers in each column are added, the following is noted:
- The sum of the chapter numbers having prime-numbered counts of numbered verses is 2239, which is itself a prime number.
- Adding the sums of the numbers in the second and third columns gives 6236, the total count of the numbered verses of the Quran.
Is this a pure coincidence or is it a verification of the count of numbered verses in the Quran? If the latter, can it be a human design?
| Number of chapter | Prime- numbered verses | Corresponding prime number |
| 1 | 7 | 17 |
| 10 | 109 | 599 |
| 13 | 43 | 191 |
| 26 | 227 | 1433 |
| 33 | 73 | 367 |
| 36 | 83 | 431 |
| 42 | 53 | 241 |
| 43 | 89 | 461 |
| 44 | 59 | 277 |
| 45 | 37 | 157 |
| 48 | 29 | 109 |
| 57 | 29 | 109 |
| 60 | 13 | 41 |
| 62 | 11 | 31 |
| 63 | 11 | 31 |
| 76 | 31 | 127 |
| 81 | 29 | 109 |
| 82 | 19 | 67 |
| 86 | 17 | 59 |
| 87 | 19 | 67 |
| 93 | 11 | 31 |
| 96 | 19 | 67 |
| 97 | 5 | 11 |
| 100 | 11 | 31 |
| 101 | 11 | 31 |
| 103 | 3 | 5 |
| 105 | 5 | 11 |
| 107 | 7 | 17 |
| 108 | 3 | 5 |
| 110 | 3 | 5 |
| 111 | 5 | 11 |
| 113 | 5 | 11 |
| 2239 | 1076 | 5160 |
| 6236 | ||
