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* The claim that the word "prayer" or "prayers" is mentioned 5 times in the Qur'an, is a lie. | * The claim that the word "prayer" or "prayers" is mentioned 5 times in the Qur'an, is a lie. | ||
* The claim that the Arabic word ''salawat'' is mentioned 5 times (and letting people think it means always "prayer"), is misleading. | * The claim that the Arabic word ''salawat'' is mentioned 5 times (and letting people think it means always "prayer"), is misleading. | ||
== "Seven heavens" mentioned 7 times == | |||
The Qur'an talks much more than 7 times about the seven heavens if we don't require both the words "seven" and "heavens" to be in the verse. There are dozens of verses with the plural word "heavens", which just don't have the word "seven" in them, like this one: | |||
* Verse 2:107 "''Do you not know that Allah´s is the kingdom of '''the heavens''' and the earth, and that besides Allah you have no guardian or helper?''" | |||
Here is the list of verses which talk about the seven heavens and explicitly mention the word seven (''sabAAa'', سبع) in them: | |||
* 1) Verse 2:29 "''He it is Who created for you all that is in the earth, and He directed Himself to the heaven, so He made them complete seven heavens (سَبْعَ سَمَٰوَٰتٍ), and He knows all things''" | |||
* 2) Verse 17:44 "''The seven heavens (ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتُ ٱلسَّبْعُ) declare His glory and the earth (too), and those who are in them; and there is not a single thing but glorifies Him with His praise, but you do not understand their glorification; surely He is Forbearing, Forgiving.''" | |||
* 3) Verse 23:17 "''And certainly We made above you seven heavens (سَبْعَ طَرَآئِقَ); and never are We heedless of creation.''" | |||
** Here the word for heavens is ''taraiqa'' (طَرَآئِقَ), which literally means "paths" and they are called paths, because heavens are used as paths by the angels. <ref>Al-Jalalayn interpretation: "''And verily We created above you seven paths that is seven heavens tarā’iq is the plural of tarīqa so called because they are the paths used by the angels and of creation that lies beneath these paths We are never unmindful lest these should fall upon them and destroy them. Nay but We hold them back as stated in the verse And He holds back the heaven lest it should fall upon the earth.''"</ref> | |||
* 4) Verse 23:86 "''Say: Who is the Lord of the seven heavens (ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ ٱلسَّبْعِ) and the Lord of the mighty dominion?''" | |||
* 5) Verse 41:12 "''So He ordained them seven heavens (سَبْعَ سَمَٰوَاتٍ) in two periods, and revealed in every heaven its affair; and We adorned the lower heaven with brilliant stars and (made it) to guard; that is the decree of the Mighty, the Knowing.''" | |||
* 6) Verse 65:12 "''Allah is He Who created seven heavens (سَبْعَ سَمَٰوَٰت), and of the earth the like of them; the decree continues to descend among them, that you may know that Allah has power over all things and that Allah indeed encompasses all things in (His) knowledge.''" | |||
* 7) Verse 67:3 "''Who created the seven heavens (سَبْعَ سَمَٰوَٰتٍ) one above another; you see no incongruity in the creation of the Beneficent Allah; then look again, can you see any disorder?''" | |||
* 8) Verse 71:15 "''Do you not see how Allah has created the seven heavens (سَبْعَ سَمَٰوَٰتٍ), one above another,''" | |||
* 9) Verse 78:12 "''And We made above you seven strong ones (سَبْعًا شِدَادًا),''" | |||
** "Seven strong-ones" (sabAAan shidadan, سَبْعًا شِدَادًا) refers to the seven heavens. <ref>Al-Jalalayn's interpretation: "and built above you seven mighty ones? seven heavens shidād is the plural of shadīda that is to say strong and sturdy unaffected by the passage of time"</ref> | |||
We can get 7 occurrences if we count only the occurrences where the seven heavens are explicitly called seven "heavens" (samawat, سَمَٰوَٰتٍ) and not "paths" or "strong ones". So we could consider this word count to be valid. But is this really a miracle? | |||
And are there 7 heavens in reality? And when we consider that they are one above the other (verse 67:3) and stars are in the lowest heaven (41:12), that means our universe is the lowest heaven, and we can see only this universe, so do we really see all the 7 heavens as the verse 71:15 claims we should? | |||
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