Letter count: data falsification

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n a number of instances, Dr. Rashad Khalifa has actually fabricated data in order to artificially create letter totals which are multiples of 19. The falsification of letter count data may be grouped under two main headings;

a) Not counting existing letters and

b) Changing the Text of the Qur’aan

The first category is an extension of his letter manipulation, mentioned in the previous chapter, which could be considered errors in calculation and not deliberate doctoring of data except that Khalifa’s record of figure-juggling and arbitrary letter identification would tend to indicate otherwise. However, the second category in which he actually changes the Qur’aanic text leaves no room for doubt about the deliberate nature of these errors in the tabulation of his data.

A. Existing Letters Ignored

Verse 21 of Soorah ar-Room (30) - prefixed with the letters Alif Laam Meem, contains an example of this type of data falsification. In Dr. Rashad’s table he calculates the number of Laams as only 7,[71] however, there are actually 8 Laams in the verse.

) وَمِنْ آيَاتِهِ أَنْ خَلَقَ لَكُمْ مِنْ أَنْفُسِكُمْ أَزْوَاجًا لِتَسْكُنُوا إِلَيْهَا وَجَعَلَ بَيْنَكُمْ مَوَدَّةً وَرَحْمَةً إِنَّ فِي ذَلِكَ َلآيَاتٍ لِقَوْمٍ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ (

NO.	ARABIC TEXT	TRANSLITERATION	ENGLISH MEANING
	خَلَقَ	khalaka	He created
	لَكُمْ	lakaum	For you
	لِتَسْكُنُوا	litaskunoo	So you can live
	إِلَيْهَا	ilayhaa	With her
	َجَعَلَ	Ja‘ala	He made
	ذَلِكَ	th aalika	that
	َلآيَاتٍ	La’aayaatin	Indeed signs
	لِقَوْمٍ	liqawmin	For a people

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