As we read the Quran, we do not notice the numbers of time each word get repeated all over the Quran. But some people examined and discovered that some words in the Quran get frequent in a very interesting matter.

For example, the word “day” (ywem) in Arabic, is repeated in the Quran 365 times. The digit 365 does not only represent the number of days in the calendar, but it is also the figure that shows the astronomic relationship between our world and the sun. In other words, when the earth completes its rotation around the sun, it has revolved 365 times.

Another astonishing occurrence is the plural of the word “day”, “days” (ywemain or eyyam). It is repeated in the Quran 30 times. In the solar calendar, the months have either 30 or 31 days and in the lunar calendar the months have either 29 or 30 days. So, the number 30 is the median for both calendars. In astronomical words, it takes 30 (29.53) days for the moon, the planet in the sky, to form a month.

Afterwards, if we count the number of “month” (shahar) in the Quran, we obtain 12. And it clearly represents the number of months in a year. It also represents the number of times the moon’s revolves around the earth and itself.

Then there is the word “year(s)” (sana or synin) which is mentioned 19 times. When the earth revolves around the sun 365 times, the moon revolves around the earth and itself 12 times. This constitutes of a year. But when the earth completes its rotation and arrives at the starting point, the moon is behind the schedule. It takes the earth and the moon 19 years to meet at the same starting point. This cycle of 19 years is called the Meton cycle.

If we study deeply, we observe that the number of times the all the derivatives of the word “day(s)” is mentioned 475 times. This means that the singular, plural and all the other derivatives totals up to 475. If we divide the number 475 by 19 (number of times the word “year(s)” is mentioned in the Quran) this will equal to 25. Surprisingly, 25 is the number of times the sun revolves around itself within a year! Also, the number 475 represents the number of times the sun revolve around its own axis in a Meton cycle!

All this to say that the Quran has a powerful result to our daily scientific phenomenon. And still, experts did not identify the entire secret the Quran is reserving to our world of science and astronomy.

By: Mohamad Al Khabaz.