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This article lists all occurences of the words "man" and "woman" in the Qur'an. | This article lists all occurences of the words "man" and "woman" in the Qur'an and discusses alleged [[Word Count Miracles in the Qur'an|numerical miracles]]. | ||
==Man== | ==Man== | ||
===Man - Rajul (رجل)=== | ===Man - Rajul (رجل)=== | ||
First we will count the words with the root | First we will count the words with the root رجل (r-j-l) meaning "man": | ||
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" class= "wikitable sortable" | {| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" class= "wikitable sortable" | ||
!Total count | !Total count | ||
!Verse | !Verse | ||
!Word in | !Word in Arabic | ||
!Translation | !Translation | ||
!Number (counted) | !Number (counted) | ||
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|55||72:6||بِرِجَالٍ||with men||plural 27 | |55||72:6||بِرِجَالٍ||with men||plural 27 | ||
|} | |} | ||
* (*) In this case the word itself is in the singular but in the context it is plural. | * (*) In this case (verse 7:155) the word itself, due to the Arabic grammar, is in the singular form but in the context it is plural. | ||
** "And Musa chose out of his people '''seventy men''' (سَبْعِينَ رَجُلًا, ''sabAAeena rajulan'') for Our appointment..." | |||
===Man - Mar (المرء)=== | ===Man - Mar (المرء)=== | ||
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!Total count | !Total count | ||
!Verse | !Verse | ||
!Word in | !Word in Arabic | ||
!Translation | !Translation | ||
!Number (counted) | !Number (counted) | ||
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===Male - Dhakar (ذكر)=== | ===Male - Dhakar (ذكر)=== | ||
Words with the root ذكر (dh-k-r) meaning "male": | Words with the root ذكر (dh-k-r/z-k-r) meaning "male": | ||
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" class= "wikitable sortable" | {| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" class= "wikitable sortable" | ||
!Total count | !Total count | ||
!Verse | !Verse | ||
!Word in | !Word in Arabic | ||
!Translation | !Translation | ||
!Number (counted) | !Number (counted) | ||
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==Woman== | ==Woman== | ||
===Woman - | ===Woman - Imra (امرأة)=== | ||
Words with the root مرا (m-r-a) meaning "woman": | Words with the root مرا (m-r-a) meaning "woman": | ||
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" class= "wikitable sortable" | {| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" class= "wikitable sortable" | ||
!Total count | !Total count | ||
!Verse | !Verse | ||
!Word in | !Word in Arabic | ||
!Translation | !Translation | ||
!Number (counted) | !Number (counted) | ||
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|16||27:57||ٱمْرَأَتَهُۥ||his woman||singular 15 | |16||27:57||ٱمْرَأَتَهُۥ||his woman||singular 15 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|17||28:9||ٱمْرَأَتُ|| | |17||28:9||ٱمْرَأَتُ||woman||singular 16 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|18||28:23||ٱمْرَأَتَيْنِ||two women||dual 2 | |18||28:23||ٱمْرَأَتَيْنِ||two women||dual 2 | ||
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|26||111:4||وَٱمْرَأَتُهُۥ||and his woman||singular 24 | |26||111:4||وَٱمْرَأَتُهُۥ||and his woman||singular 24 | ||
|} | |} | ||
Many times the word is translated as "wife". The plural for this word is irregular and is derived from a different root - نسو. | * Many times the word is translated as "wife". | ||
* The plural for this word is irregular and is derived from a different root - نسو. | |||
* From the same root مرا is derived the word "man" (''mar'') | |||
===Nisa=== | ===Women - Nisa (نساء)=== | ||
Words with the root | Words with the root نسو (n-s-w) meaning "women": | ||
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" class= "wikitable sortable" | {| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" class= "wikitable sortable" | ||
!Total count | !Total count | ||
!Verse | !Verse | ||
!Word in | !Word in Arabic | ||
!Translation | !Translation | ||
!Number (counted) | !Number (counted) | ||
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|59||65:4||نِّسَآئِكُمْ||your women||plural 59 | |59||65:4||نِّسَآئِكُمْ||your women||plural 59 | ||
|} | |} | ||
Sometimes this word is translated as " | * Sometimes this word is translated as "wives". | ||
===Female - Unth (أنثى)=== | |||
===Unth=== | Words with the root انث (u-n-th) meaning "female": | ||
Words with the root انث ( | |||
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" class= "wikitable sortable" | {| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" class= "wikitable sortable" | ||
!Total count | !Total count | ||
!Verse | !Verse | ||
!Word in | !Word in Arabic | ||
!Translation | !Translation | ||
!Number (counted) | !Number (counted) | ||
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==Conclusions== | ==Conclusions== | ||
===Miracles=== | ===Miracles=== | ||
* Miracle 1: "''The word rajul (man) and the word | * Miracle 1: "''The word rajul (man) and the word imra (woman) are both mentioned 24 times. That is a miracle and it means men and women are equal.''"<ref>http://www.islamawareness.net/Miq/stat.html</ref><ref>http://www.answering-christianity.com/equality_men_women.htm</ref> | ||
** The word count | ** The word count 24 is achieved by ignoring all dual and plural forms. | ||
** Forms with suffixes and prefixes are suddenly counted although in the 365 days miracle, they were not counted. | ** Forms with suffixes and prefixes are suddenly counted although in the [[365 days miracle in the Quran|365 days miracle]], they were not counted. | ||
** All the words meaning "man" with the root امر are ignored. | ** All the words meaning "man" with the root امر are ignored. | ||
** This word count includes the controversial word (رَجُلًا, rajulan) from the verse 7:155, which is in the singular form, but is clearly talking about ''seventy men'' (سَبْعِينَ رَجُلًا, sabAAeena rajulan). Wouldn't it be more logical to count it as plural? | ** This word count includes the controversial word (رَجُلًا, rajulan) from the verse 7:155, which is in the singular form, but is clearly talking about ''seventy men'' (سَبْعِينَ رَجُلًا, ''sabAAeena rajulan''). Wouldn't it be more logical to count it as plural? | ||
** The number 24 doesn't signify anything and seems to be a product of coincidence. Wouldn't Allah make the number more interesting if he wanted to do a numerical miracle? | ** The number 24 doesn't signify anything and seems to be a product of coincidence. Wouldn't Allah make the number more interesting if he wanted to do a numerical miracle? | ||
** Equality in word count does not imply equality under law. If we take the sentence "''Men should have more rights than women.''", the word count for both is equal, but clearly, it doesn't mean that the message of the text is that men and women are equal, or that they have the same social value. | ** Equality in word count does not imply equality under law. | ||
* Miracle | ***If we take the sentence "''Men should have more rights than women.''", the word count for both is equal, but clearly, it doesn't mean that the message of the text is that men and women are equal, or that they have the same social value. | ||
* Miracle 2: "''The word man and woman are both mentioned 23 times and in formation of an embryo 23 chromosomes are from the mother and 23 chromosomes are from the father.''"<ref>http://www.miraclesofthequran.com/mathematical_01.html</ref> | |||
** The word count for singular "man" can be 23 (if we don't count the controversial word in the verse 7:155, as mentioned earlier), but the word count for singular "woman" is 24. | ** The word count for singular "man" can be 23 (if we don't count the controversial word in the verse 7:155, as mentioned earlier), but the word count for singular "woman" is 24. | ||
** There are 23 | ** The word count in this miracle contradicts the word count in the previous miracle. | ||
** Why would the word count of "man" signify the number of chromosomes a man passes to his child? A man is not a male chromosome. Why doesn't Allah speak specifically about chromosomes? Is his knowledge limited? Why does his knowledge seem to be limited by the knowledge of the Arabs in the 7th century? Why he didn't say directly "There are 23 male chromosomes and 23 female chromosomes" in some Qur'anic verse to teach people what they didn't know? Why he didn't mention chromosomes in his verses on [[Embryology in the Quran|embryology]]? | |||
* Where is the miracle in the word count of "male" and "female"? Male is mentioned 12 times in the singular and female is mentioned 18 times. Does this mean that females are superior to males? | * Where is the miracle in the word count of "male" and "female"? Male is mentioned 12 times in the singular and female is mentioned 18 times. Does this mean that females are superior to males? | ||
===Other conclusions=== | ===Other conclusions=== | ||
* The actual word count: The word man (''rajul'') in all its forms appears 55 times, while the word woman (''imra'' 26 + ''nisa'' 59) 85 times. | |||
* The word "woman" unlike the word "man" is often in the form of "my woman", "his woman", "your woman"... which indicates the "women are a property of men" mentality. | * The word "woman" unlike the word "man" is often in the form of "my woman", "his woman", "your woman"... which indicates the "women are a property of men" mentality. | ||
==See also== | |||
* [[Word Count Miracles in the Qur'an]] | |||
* [[365 days miracle in the Quran]] | |||
* [[12 months miracle in the Quran]] | |||
* [[Iman and kufr word count in the Qur'an]] | |||
* [[Dunya and akhira word count in the Qur'an]] | |||
* [[Land to water ratio miracle in the Qur'an]] | |||
* [[Paradise and hell word count in the Qur'an]] | |||
== References == | |||
{{Reflist|30em}} | |||
[[Category:Miracles]] | |||