Some of the Scientific Information Referring to Numbers in the Quran.

THE DATE OF THE LUNAR LANDINGS. Number of verses from the first verse of Surat al-Qamar to the end of the Qur’an = 1390 Date of the lunar landings (Islamic calendar) = 1390. The year 1390 in the Islamic calendar corresponds to 1969 AD, the date of the lunar landings. THE ORBIT OF THE MOON Number of times the word "Moon" appears in the Qur’an = 27 Time it takes the Moon to travel round the Earth (in days) = 27 THE RATIO OF THE SEA TO THE LAND Number of times the word “land” appears in the Qur’an = 13 Number of times the word “sea” appears in the Qur’an = 32 Proportion of dry land to sea covering the Earth = 13/45 = 29% Proportion of sea to dry land on Earth = 32/45 = 71% THE STAR SIRIUS The star Sirius appears in the Surah called an-Najm (Quran chapter 53), meaning “Star.” The stars comprising Sirius approach one another in their courses once every 49.9 years. This astronomic phenomenon is indicated in verses 49 and 9 of Surat an-Najm. THE ATOMIC NUMBER OF IRON Al-Hadid is the 57th Surah of the Qur’an, and the numerical value of the words al-Hadid is also 57. The value of the word "hadid" alone is 26, and this is also the atomic number of iron. THE ROTATION OF THE EARTH AROUND THE SUN: 365 DAYS The word “day (yavm)" appears 365 times in the Qur’an. It takes the Earth 365 days to orbit the Sun. GENDER AND THE 23rd CHROMOSOME PAIR The words “man” and “woman” both appear 23 times in the Qur’an. The 23rd chromosome is the main element that determines an individual’s gender. THE SPUTNIK RISING TO THE SKIES Verse 19:57 of the Qur’an speaks of “raising to a high place.” "Sputnik 1," the first unmanned satellite, was launched in 1957. THE GENETIC CODE OF THE BEE Surat an-Nahl, meaning “Bee,” is the 16th Surah. The bee has 16 chromosomes. Notes: 1 http://www.star.le.ac.uk/astrosoc/whatsup/stars.html (Leicester edu dept of Physics & astronomy); http://www.site.uottawa.ca:4321/astronomy/index.html#Sirius (University of Ottowa); http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/~hrs/ay45/Fall2002/ChapterIVPart2.pdf (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics) 2 Dr. Mazhar, U. Kazi, 130 Evident Miracles in the Qur’an, Crescent Publishing House, New York, 1997, p. 110-111; http://www.wamy.co.uk/announcements3.html; from Prof. Zighloul Raghib El-Naggar’s speech. 3 Malcolm T. Sanford, APIS /Apicultural Information and ISsues from IFAS/University of Florida, Vol. 14, no. 4, April 1996; http://apis.ifas.ufl.edu/apis96/apapr96.htm Scientific Miracles of the Quran & Modern English Translation of the Quran: https://on.soundcloud.com/SdPA8