Nassir H. Sabah
The number 1 is of special significance in the Quran, as it symbolizes the Oneness of Allāh, and is repeated 22 times in this context alone.
A set of six repeated 1s is divisible by 7, the quotient being 015873, and 19 such sets, side-by-side, form a 114-sequence of 1s, where 6x19 = 114, the number of chapters of the Quran.
Hence, if the 114-sequence is divided by 7, the quotient is 19 repetitions of the number 15873, separated by 0s, as shown below, ignoring the leftmost 0.
The four numerals 1587 of the repeating number 15873 can be interpreted as a reference to Chapter 15, Verse 87, which glorifies the Quran and reads: “And We have indeed given thee the seven oft-repeated (verses), and the great Quran” وَلَقَدْ ءَاتَيْنَـٰكَ سَبْعًا مِّنَ ٱلْمَثَانِى وَٱلْقُرْءَانَ ٱلْعَظِيم.
If the 3 in the number 15873 is considered to represent the 3rd word in the Arabic verse, this word is, incredibly, the word seven, where the number 7 is the divisor of the 114-sequence of 1s and has been of mystical significance(1).
Another astounding result is observed if 19 sets of six repeated 1s is identified with the number of basmalahs in each chapter. The basmalah is the first verse of the Quran, repeated at the beginning of other chapters, that reads: “In the name of Allāh, The Most-Compassionate, The Ever-Merciful” بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيم.
If the chapter number is entered above each 1 in the 114-sequence of 1s, a 114-sequence of chapter numbers is obtained. Assuming that each chapter contains only one basmalah, then the sets of six repeating 1s can be translated to sets of six consecutive chapters. Thus, set #1 would consist of chapter numbers 1 to 6, set #2 would consist of numbers 7 to 12, and so on, until set #19, which would consist of chapter numbers 109 to 114. The number of 1s in each set of six chapter numbers would represent the number of six basmalahs in each set of six chapter numbers.
However, in actual fact, Chapter 9 does not have any basmalah at all, and Chapter 27 contains two basmalahs, one at the beginning of the chapter and one in Verse 30 of the chapter, so that the total number of basmalahs in the Quran is still 114. The sets of six chapter numbers will then have to be modified accordingly as follows:
The first set #1 remains the same, consisting of the six chapter numbers 1 to 6, with an associated sequence of six 1s, 111111, representing the one basmalah in each chapter. However, set #2 contains chapter number 9, so the size of this set is reduced to five chapter numbers, equal to the number of 5 basmalah in the chapters numbered 7 to 11 in this set, and the 1 under number 9 is changed to 0. The modified set #2 is now referred to as set #2m. Modified sets #3m and #4m will each consist of six chapter numbers, with six 1s below each of them, representing the six basmalahs in the set of six chapters. Set #5m now contains chapter number 27, which includes 2 basmalahs. Hence, the set size is increased to seven chapter numbers, equal to the number of seven basmalah in the chapters numbered 24 to 30, and the 1 under number 27 is changed to 2. Because the size of set #2m was reduced by 1 and that of set #5m was increased by 1, the remaining sets #6 to #19 will each have the same numbers of chapters as before, with the largest chapter number in each set being a multiple pf 6.
Two new sequences are thereby introduced: 11011, and 1112111, corresponding to sets #2m and #5m, respectively. The following should be noted: (i) these two sequences are in sets numbered 2 and 5, which add to 7, (ii) each of the two sequences is an integral multiple of 7. Thus, 11011 = 7×1573, whereas 111211 = 7×158873, and (iii) had the 0 and 2 occurred in any digit of the two numbers, other than the middle digit, these numbers would no longer be equal to integral multiples of 7. The placement of the chapters having no basmalah and two basmalah is not accidental but is in accordance with the numerical patterns involving the mystical 7!
The three quotients encountered above have some interesting common factors. Thus, 1573 = 11×13×11, 15873 = 11×13×111, and 158873 = 11×13×1111. The number 11, a special number in its own right(2), figures prominently in these factors, both by itself and with additional 1s, as in 111 and 1111.
The number 19 is also of mystical significance(1). It consists of the first, nonzero, numeral and the last numeral of the decimal system and is considered to be a reference to The First and The Last, these being two of The Most Exalted Names of Allāh in the Quran. These two names occur in Verse 3, Chapter 57: “He is The First, and The Last, and The Outward, and The Inward; and He is Knower of all things” (Q57:3). هُوَ ٱلْأَوَّلُ وَٱلأَخِرُ وَٱلظَّـٰهِرُ وَٱلْبَاطِنُ ۖ وَهُوَ بِكُلِّ شَىْءٍ عَلِيمٌ.
Consider then a 114-sequence of 19s. When divided by 19, the result is a 114-sequence of 01s. These can be regrouped into 38 = (19x2) repetitions of the number 10101, separated by 0s, as shown below, where the leftmost 0 is ignored.
The number 10101 has mystical significance. The first and last 1s symbolize The First and The Last in the previously quoted Verse 3, Chapter 57. The middle 1, preceded and followed by 0s, symbolizes The One and Only, nothing is before Him and nothing is after Him, as explained by the Prophet Muhammad in connection with Verse 3, Chapter 57: “He is the First, nothing is before Him, and the Last, nothing is after Him” إنَّهُ الأوَّلُ لَيْسَ قَبلَهُ شيءٌ والآخِرُ لَيْسَ بَعدَهُ شيءٌ.
Can all this be coincidental or of human origin?
(1) See the article Mystical and perfect numbers in the Quran on this website under “Insights/Supplements/Numerical Miraculousness”.
(2) See the article Authenticity of the Quran: The Basmalah on this website under “Insights/Supplements/Numerical Miraculousness”.
