The Facts

The initial condition of not considering the other 112 Basmalahs when calculating the frequency of occurrence of the words of the Basmalah [88] is illogical since Dr. Khalifa includes the Basmalah in his entire letter counts for individual soorahs. The fact that it is a verse only in the first soorah as well as in Soorah al-Naml, (27): 30 did not stop him from depending on its letters in the totals for the “Qur’aanic Initials.” Hence, if he were consistent in his calculations by including the 112 Basmalahs in his totals for the four words of the Basmalah, not a single one of them would remain a multiple of 19. However, even if the exclusion of the Basmalahs were allowed, only one of the totals for the four words of the Basmalah is actually a multiple of 19 while the remaining three are a result of rigged data.

I. Ism اسم

The claim that the first word “ Ism اسم” is found exactly 19 times in the Qur’aan is incorrect from at least three points of view.

a) It is illogical for Khalifa to consider the first word of the Basmalah to be “ Ism اسم ”, because he earlier considered “ Bism باسم” in Soorah al-‘Alaq (96) to be one word.[89] Hence, he should consider the first word to be “ Bism بسم”, which occurs not 19, but only 7 times; 3 times in the shortened form بسم and 4 times with the Alif included باسم.

b) If the first word is considered to be “ Ism اسم”and the phrase “Bism بسم ” is excluded from the count, the form “Bism باسم ” with the Alif should also be excluded. If both forms of “ Bism ” are excluded, the total occurrence of the word “ Ism اسم ” becomes 15 times, which is not a multiple of 19. In order to get his multiple, Khalifa has included the four instances of “ Bism باسم” with the Alif in Soorah 96, and twice in Soorah 56.[90]

c) Even if the first word were accepted as “Ism” including the phrase “ Bism باسم”with the Alif and excluding the form without the Alif, the count could not be considered to be 19 because it would include الاسم in verse 11 of Soorah al-Hujuraat (49) which does not refer to Allaah. This was his rule used to make the total number of Ra h eems a multiple of 19. Khalifa excluded one instance in which the word was mentioned claiming that it did not refer to Allaah.[91]

Thus, it may be concluded that the first word “ Ism اسم” or “ Bism بسم” does not occur 19 times or a multiple of 19 in the Qur’an by any logical system of counting.

II. Allaah الله

In his book, Quran:Visual Presentation of The Miracle, Rashad Khalifa included 34 pages of data tabulating the 2,698 (19 x 142) places in the Qur’aan in which the word “ Allaah الله ” occurs.[92] This total has been held up as dramatic evidence of how deeply the numerical code of 19 is interwoven in the fabric of the Qur’aan. The total can be found in his flyers, books and monthly newsletters. However, in the March 1985 issue of his monthly newsletter, Rashad Khalifa admitted that after a revision of his data, his figures for the frequency of occurrence of the word Allaah الله were off by one! According to the Doctor, the word actually occurs, 2,699 times, which is not a multiple of 19.

III. Ar-Ra h maan الرحمن

This is the only one of the four words composing the Basmalah which actually occurs a multiple of 19 times (57 = 19 x 3) in the Qur’aan. However, it should be remembered that the only way in which even this multiple could be arrived at was by including only the Basmalah preceding the first soorah and excluding the 112 Basmalahs preceding the others soorahs all of which the Doctor conveniently includes in his letter counts. In any case, one word out of four occurring a multiple of 19 times could hardly be considered as proof for a miraculous numerical code intricately interwoven throughout the Qur’aan.

IV. Ar-Raheem الرحيم

Dr. Rashad Khalifa boldly states in his book, Quran: Visual Presentation of The Miracle [93]that the fourth word in the opening statement is mentioned in the Qur’aan 114 times (19 x 6) without making any stipulations. However, in appendix I of his mistranslation of the Qur’aan which he calls, Quran:The Final Scripture, he writes:

“The fourth word, “Al-Raheem = most merciful,” is found in the Qur’an 115 times. This number is not a multiple of 19. But, we note that there is one “Al-Raheem” word in Qur’an that refers specifically to the Prophet Muhammad and not to God (verse 128 of sura 9). Since the verse is in the name of God, we must exclude the word referring specifically to the Prophet. Thus the frequency of occurrence of “Al-Raheem” as an attribute of God is 114. 19 x 6.”[94]

This reasoning sounds logical except that in the case of the first word “Ismأسم ” he included in his contrived total of 19 an instance which does not refer to God: entry no. 10, Chapter 49, the 11^th verse.[95]

) بِئْسَ‏ ‏الاِسْمُ‏ ‏الْفُسُوقُ‏ ‏بَعْدَ‏ ‏الإِيمَانِ (

“.... The worst name is one implying sinfulness after he has believed.”

Hence, this qualification, if applied consistently, would only further invalidate the total for the first word as well as the other 8 supposed word-count violations. Dr. Khalifa has also included in his total a mixture of definite forms of the word “ Ar-Raheem الرحيم” and indefinite forms (رحيم),[96] both of which were excluded in one or another of the totals for the other 8 words found in the last two verses of Soorah at-Tawbah which supposedly violate the code of 19. Thus, in arriving at his desired total, the Doctor follows another incoherent pattern not used in the other 8 supposed violations of the code.

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