Land to water ratio miracle in the Qur'an
According to some apologists, the Qur'an describes the ratio of land to water on Earth. That is approximately 71.8% water and 29.2% land [1]. This ratio isn't stated anywhere in the Qur'an, but according to apologists, the ratio is supposed to be hidden in the ratio of word counts for the words "land" and "sea".
The Arabic words
The counted words are al-barr (ٱلْبَرّ) for "land" and al-bahr (ٱلْبَحْرِ) for "water", but the word bahr actually means "sea". So the ratio between the word counts of these words is rather the ratio between land and seas, not land and water.
Al-Barr - land
The trilateral root of the word بَرّ (barr) is برر (b-r-r). From this root we can derive many words. Besides "land", there is the meaning of "righteousness" and "kindness". Al-Barr (The Most Kind or The Good) is one of the names of Allah.
This is the list of all the occurrences of words with the root برر in the Qur'an:
| Count | Verse | Word in Arabic | Transliteration | Translation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2:44 | بِٱلْبِرِّ | bi-al-birri | in righteousness |
| 2 | 2:177 | ٱلْبِرَّ | al-birra | the righteousness |
| 3 | 2:177 | ٱلْبِرَّ | al-birra | the righteous |
| 4 | 2:189 | ٱلْبِرُّ | al-birru | the righteousness |
| 5 | 2:189 | ٱلْبِرَّ | al-birra | the righteous |
| 6 | 2:224 | تَبَرُّوا۟ | tabarroo | you do good |
| 7 | 3:92 | ٱلْبِرَّ | al-birra | the righteousness |
| 8 | 3:193 | ٱلْأَبْرَارِ | al-abrari | the righteous |
| 9 | 3:198 | لِّلْأَبْرَارِ | lil-abrari | for the righteous |
| 10 | 5:2 | ٱلْبِرِّ | al-birri | the righteousness |
| 11 | 5:96 | ٱلْبَرِّ | al-barri | the land |
| 12 | 6:59 | ٱلْبَرِّ | al-barri | the land |
| 13 | 6:63 | ٱلْبَرِّ | al-barri | the land |
| 14 | 6:97 | ٱلْبَرِّ | al-barri | the land |
| 15 | 10:22 | ٱلْبَرِّ | al-barri | the land |
| 16 | 17:67 | ٱلْبَرِّ | al-barri | the land |
| 17 | 17:68 | ٱلْبَرِّ | al-barri | the land |
| 18 | 17:70 | ٱلْبَرِّ | al-barri | the land |
| 19 | 19:14 | وَبَرًّا | wa-barran | and dutiful |
| 20 | 19:32 | وَبَرًّا | wa-barran | and dutiful |
| 21 | 27:63 | ٱلْبَرِّ | al-barri | the land |
| 22 | 29:65 | ٱلْبَرِّ | al-barri | the land |
| 23 | 30:41 | ٱلْبَرِّ | al-barri | the land |
| 24 | 31:32 | ٱلْبَرِّ | al-barri | the land |
| 25 | 52:28 | ٱلْبَرُّ | al-barru | the Most Kind |
| 26 | 58:9 | بِٱلْبِرِّ | bil-birri | for righteousness |
| 27 | 60:8 | تَبَرُّوهُمْ | tabarroo-hum | you deal kindly |
| 28 | 76:5 | ٱلْأَبْرَارَ | al-abrara | the righteous |
| 29 | 80:16 | بَرَرَةٍ | bararatin | dutiful |
| 30 | 82:13 | ٱلْأَبْرَارَ | al-abrara | the righteous |
| 31 | 83:18 | ٱلْأَبْرَارِ | al-abrari | the righteous |
| 32 | 83:22 | ٱلْأَبْرَارَ | al-abrara | the righteous |