THE SIMPLE FACTS

1. The first verse (1:1),known as "Basmalah," consists of 19 letters.


2. The Quran consists of 114 suras, which is ..............19 x 6.


3. The total number of verses in the Quran is 6346, or ....19 x 334.
   
   [6234 numbered verses & 112 un-numbered verses
   
   (Basmalahs) 6234+112 = 6346] Note that 6+3+4+6 =.......19.


4. The Basmalah occurs 114 times, despite its conspicuous
   
   absence from Sura 9 (it occurs twice in Sura 27) & 114= 19x6.


5. From the missing Basmalah of Sura 9 to the extra
   
   Basmalah of Sura 27, there are precisely ...............19 suras.


6. It follows that the total of the sura numbers from
   
   9 to 27 (9+10+11+12+...+26+27) is 342, or .............19 x 18.


7. This total (342) also equals the number of words
   
   between the two Basmalahs of Sura 27, and 342 = ........19 x 18.


8. The famous first revelation (96:1-5) consists of .......19 words.


9. This 19-worded first revelation consists of 76 letters .19 x 4.


10. Sura 96, first in the chronological sequence, consists
    
    of .....................................................19 verses.


11. This first chronological sura is placed atop the last ..19 suras.


12. Sura 96 consists of 304 Arabic letters, and 304 equals .19 x 16.


13. The last revelation (Sura 110) consists of ............19 words.


14. The first verse of the last revelation (110:1) consists
    
    of ....................................................19 letters.


15. 14 different Arabic letters, form 14 different sets of
    
    "Quranic Initials" (such as A.L.M. of 2:1), and prefix
    
    29 suras. These numbers add up to 14+14+29 = 57 = ......19 x 3.


16. The total of the 29 sura numbers where the Quranic
    
    Initials occur is 2+3+7+...+50+68 = 822, and 822+14
    
    (14 sets of initials) equals 836, or ................. 19 x 44.


17. Between the first initialed sura (Sura 2) and the last
    
    initialed sura (Sura 68) there are 38 un-initialed suras 19 x 2.


18. Between the first and last initialed sura there are ....19 sets
    
    of alternating "initialed" and "un-initialed" suras.


19. The Quran mentions 30 different numbers: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
    
    6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 19, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80,
    
    99, 100, 200, 300, 1000, 2000, 3000, 5000, 50,000, &
    
    100,000. The sum of these numbers is 162146, which equals 19x8534.

This is a condensed summary of the Simple Facts.