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The findings related to 19 are enough to show the greatness of the miracle of 19. But more studies should be conducted on 19. If we study more the aspects which look like problem, the greatness of the miracle of 19 will become clearer. It was so up until now. We have seen how the code 19 solved certain problems and we will continue seeing more in the coming chapters. In this part of our book, we are going to present 3 subjects which seem to be problematic. New discoveries of 19 have solved many problematic subjects on 19 before and we believe that more researches will help to solve these 3 points:
1) The first problem is about the counting of “Alif”s. Some words in Arabic can be written with or without “Alif”, yet they are pronounced in the same way. In addition, the letter “Hamza” which is pronounced like the letter “Alif” was added to the Quran in order to make people read the Quran easily. However, these additions do not change the number of the words, the meanings, and the pronunciations of words in the Quran. Since the number of the “Alif”s in some words is controversial, this causes some problems in the number of occorancy of this letter in some suras which have Alif as initial letter. The number of the initial letters in the suras is the most fundamental characteristic of the code 19. The suras having the initial letter “Alif” call for a closer examination. Although Rashad Khalifa stated that the number of the suras having the beginning letter “Alif” was a multiple of 19, we believe that the counting was done in a hurry.
2) Whether the 128th and 129th suras of Repentance sura belong to the Quran or not is the most important problem about the code 19. Only two of more than 6000 verses of the Quran have doubts and this shows that people who look into the code 19 do not abstain from discussing the matter and this also shows the greatness of the miracle. (2 in 6000 is 1 in 3000) The wisdom of this discussion might be as follows: This discussion caused the code 19 to be open to debates among the Muslims and by being open to discussions, possible manipulations are prevented. Doubts cause wrong calculations and weak mathematical results to be eliminated easily since everything is inspected more carefully. So the data we have are the most reliable ones. Moreover, the doubts of people stimulated researchers and new students to discover new connections related to the code 19. People who have doubts about the code 19 should be careful. People who are impatient could be victims of haste; they could think that the first splinter they find is a diamond. And if these people act impatiently and are stubborn, they may swearve from the right path. Obduracy is the most important enemy of rational judgment. The code 19 in the Quran is a rational and mathematical miracle. There is no place for stubborness in mathematical and rational miracles. In addition, during the discussions about the code 19, displaying aggressive moods, accusing people with infidelity and adding or omitting verses is wrong. (Of course, if people who add or omit verses do not have ill intentions) We hope that we will get rid of many mistakes if Muslims will end up in understanding the code 19 and researchers do more studies on the code 19 in the Quran, yet all the corrections and critiques should be done within the limits of rationality exluding obduracy and insult.
3) The other problem is about the counting of the letter “Noon” in the sura Pen, the 68th sura, which is the last sura with initial letters. It begins with the initial letter “Noon”. The number of the letter “Noon” in this sura is 113 (19 × 7), but it is claimed that the letter “Noon” which is at the beginning was written with two “Noon”s. Present copies of the Quran have this initial letter with one “Noon”. It is claimed that the mathematical code corrects this error. Many more numerical values related to this subject should be studied and whether the initial letter “Noon” at the beginning of the sura Pen was written with one or two “Noons” in the ancient copies of the Quran should be looked into. We are waiting for a result in this, consequently we will not deal with the counting of the letter “Noon” in the suras beginning with the letter “Noon”.
