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Although the Qur'an itself admits being inconsistent by adopting an [[Abrogation (Naskh)|abrogation]] principle, to get rid of inconsistencies, we can also see the inconsistencies in these word count "miracles". This article includes what can be termed as "non-miracles". For example, the Muslim claim is that the word "day" appears 365 times in the Quran and there are 365 days in a year, so this is a miracle by Allah. But besides the fact that apologists used a questionable counting method, when we calculate the number of occurrences of the word "night" in the Qur'an, we find that it is only 92 though there are 365 nights in a year. | Although the Qur'an itself admits being inconsistent by adopting an [[Abrogation (Naskh)|abrogation]] principle, to get rid of inconsistencies, we can also see the inconsistencies in these word count "miracles". This article includes what can be termed as "non-miracles". For example, the Muslim claim is that the word "day" appears 365 times in the Quran and there are 365 days in a year, so this is a miracle by Allah. But besides the fact that apologists used a questionable counting method, when we calculate the number of occurrences of the word "night" in the Qur'an, we find that it is only 92 though there are 365 nights in a year. | ||
These | These kinds of inconsistencies show how apologists list only the cases where the word counts "fit" their claims and don't show the cases where they don't. By this cherry-picking tactic, they create a false impression that the Qur'an is full of word count miracles. | ||
==The Deceptive Tactics== | ==The Deceptive Tactics== | ||
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====Adding word counts of similar words==== | ====Adding word counts of similar words==== | ||
Sometimes they even add more word counts together to get an interesting word count. | Sometimes they even add more word counts together to get an interesting word count. | ||
* | * One example of this is the "Mind and light both appear 49 times" claim, where they counted both the words ''noor'' and ''muneer'' as "light" (although the word ''muneer'' is rather translated as "illuminating"). | ||
* Sometimes they even count verbs together with nouns, when the nouns don't have a nice number of repetitions. For example in the "[[Life and death word count in the Qur'an|Life and death mentioned 145 times miracle]]" they count "death" as well as "die", "dead" and other forms. | * Sometimes they even count verbs together with nouns, when the nouns don't have a nice number of repetitions. For example, in the "[[Life and death word count in the Qur'an|Life and death mentioned 145 times miracle]]" they count "death" as well as "die", "dead" and other forms. And of course they don't mention this in the miracle claim. They just dishonestly claim: "The words 'death' and 'life' appear 145 times". | ||
====Using Phrase Count Instead of Word Count==== | ====Using Phrase Count Instead of Word Count==== | ||
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Apologists often say, that the miracle works only when counting the "simple form" of the word, but their definition of a simple form changes from miracle to miracle. | Apologists often say, that the miracle works only when counting the "simple form" of the word, but their definition of a simple form changes from miracle to miracle. | ||
===Ignoring the | ===Ignoring the Meanings of some Arabic Words=== | ||
====Including words with other meanings==== | ====Including words with other meanings==== | ||
Some Arabic words have more than one meaning. For example the word الجنة means "paradise", but it can also mean "jinn" (like in the last verse of the Qur'an <ref>Quran 114:6 | Some Arabic words have more than one meaning. For example the word الجنة means "paradise", but it can also mean "jinn" (like in the last verse of the Qur'an <ref>Quran 114:6 | ||
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====Mistranslations==== | ====Mistranslations==== | ||
When apologists find two words which occur the same number of time | When apologists find two words which occur the same number of time but they are not very related, then they translate them a little differently. | ||
* In the "tongue"-"sermon" word count they actually counted the word "admonition", not "sermon". But "sermon" sounded better with the word "tongue" | * In the "tongue"-"sermon" word count they actually counted the word "admonition", not "sermon". But "sermon" sounded better with the word "tongue" | ||
* In the "hardship"-"patience" they ignored the word "hardship" and counted the word "severe" instead, because they couldn't get equal word count with the word "hardship". | * In the "hardship"-"patience" they ignored the word "hardship" and counted the word "severe" instead, because they couldn't get equal word count with the word "hardship". | ||