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** When we search for all occurrences of words derived from the root شجر (sh-j-r), we find 27 occurrences <ref>http://corpus.quran.com/qurandictionary.jsp?q=%24jr</ref>. When we exclude the words "arises", "vegetation" and "plant", we get '''24 occurrences'''.

** When we search for the root نبت (''n-b-t''), we get 26 occurrences <ref>http://corpus.quran.com/qurandictionary.jsp?q=nbt</ref>. Most of them are verbs and the rest of the words are questionable whether to count them or not. If we count only the singular word "plant" then we get '''0 occurences'''.

==Views of the Islamic scholars==

Some Islamic scholars actually took the time and analyzed these miracle claims.

A conclusion of Dr. Zahid Aziz after he refuted several "miracles":

{{Quote|Dr. Zahid Aziz<ref>http://www.ahmadiyya.org/islam/number.pdf</ref>|

'''I think I have now wasted enough space and time to demonstrate the absurdity of these claims that there is some special significance underlying the number of times these words occur in the Quran.''' In the first place, there is no rule or principle for determining which word or concept must always occur a special number of times. Secondly, the criteria for selecting which occurrences of a word should be counted are highly subjective, dubious and always open to challenge. Most importantly, we gain no increased knowledge about, or insight into, any teaching of Islam from knowing the number of occurrences.}}

A conclusion of Dr. Ashraf ‘Abd al-Razzaaq Qatanah after he analyzed a few books about "word count miracles":

{{Quote|Dr. Ashraf ‘Abd al-Razzaaq Qatanah<ref>https://islamqa.info/en/69741</ref>|

As the result of my study I reached the idea that '''the “numerical miracle” as presented in these books is not real at all''', and these books are based on conditions that are sometimes selective , in order to prove the validity of this view in a way that will make the reader accept these preconceived results referred to above. These selective conditions sometimes lead the author to go against that which is proven according to the consensus of the ummah, such as going against the spelling of the ‘Uthmaani Mus-haf, which is not permissible at all; or adopting the spelling of some words which appears in some Mus-hafs and without paying attention to the spellings in other Mus-hafs. It also goes against basic principles of the Arabic language with regard to synonyms and antonyms.

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Dr. Fahd al-Roomi about the "365 days miracle":

{{Quote|Dr. Fahd al-Roomi<ref>https://islamqa.info/en/69741</ref>|

The word yawm (day) is mentioned 365 times in the Qur’aan, the number of days in a year. In order to prove this '''he counted the words “al-yawm” and “yawman” but he ignored words such as “yawmukum” (your day) and “yawmuhum” (their day) and yawma’idhin (on that day), because if he had done that, he would have got a different number'''. The same applies to the word al-isti’aadhah which refers to seeking refuge from the shaytaan. He says that it is repeated 11 times, but he includes in that the words “a’oodhu” (I seek refuge) and “fasta’idh” (seek refuge) but not “ ‘udhtu” (I sought refuge) or “ya’oodhoona” (they seek refuge) or “u’eedhuha” (I seek refuge for her) or “ma’aadh Allaah” (Allaah forbid).}}

==See Also==

Word Count Miracles in the Qur'an: Difference between revisions

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