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This article lists all forms of the words ''jannah'' (paradise, garden) and ''jahannam'' (hell) in the Qur'an. The purpose is to analyze the claim (aka "miracle") that they both appear 77 times. The word count has to be in the Arabic Qur'an, which makes it complicated for most people, but this article is written in a way that can be understood without previous knowledge of Arabic.
This article lists all forms of the words ''jannah'' (paradise, garden) and ''jahannam'' (hell) in the Qur'an. The purpose is to analyze the claim (dubbed as a "miracle" by Muslims) that they both appear 77 times. The word count has to be in the Arabic Qur'an, which makes it complicated for most people, but this article is written in a way that can be understood without previous knowledge of Arabic.


==Paradise - الجنة (''al-jannah'')==
==Paradise - الجنة (''al-jannah'')==
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* a snake (جَآنٌّ, ''jannun'' in verse 27:10)
* a snake (جَآنٌّ, ''jannun'' in verse 27:10)


This word appears only in the singular form and it is a feminine word - it ends on the letter ''ta marbuta'' (ة). When a word is alone (not in a context of an Arabic text), the ''ta marbuta'' at the end is not pronounced, so it is read as ''jannah'', not ''jannat'', so when using this word in English it is basically always read as ''jannah''. But when reading whole sentences from the Qur'an in Arabic, the ''ta marbuta'' would be read as "t".  
This word appears only in its singular form and it is a feminine word–it ends on the letter ''ta marbuta'' (ة). When a word is alone (not in a context of an Arabic text), the ''ta marbuta'' at the end is not pronounced, so it is read as ''jannah'', not ''jannat''. So when using this word in English, it is basically always read as ''jannah''. But when reading whole sentences from the Qur'an in Arabic, the ''ta marbuta'' would be read as "t".


There are 3 forms of الجنة:
There are 3 forms of الجنة:
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