Perhaps because it is the first number (in the order of revelation) to be explicitly mentioned.
This key verse is often skipped over in prayer even by Imams and noticeably during Friday prayer!
This is the first of all seven verses of chapter 1 and without which none of the above divisibilities by 19 would be possible.
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The longest chapter in the Qran at 286 verses.
It has the longest verse (one page) (the verse of borrowing money) - verse 282.
ALM, this is how the chapter opens. Three letters, not a word.
29 chapters open with letters (14 unique openings) utilizing exactly 14 letters; half of the alphabet.
We shall refer to these openings and chapters are the chapters with special openings (a full study).
Abraham's name change at the time of the eternal covenant is explicitly mentioned in the Bible and is preserved in the Qran.
The name is written Abrhm only in Chapter 2 and it is written Abrhim thereafter (all remaining 57 times).
Ab means father in Arabic.
Believe and do righteous - simple recipe for success.
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Adam and Jesus (Adm and Eisy) are mentioned 25 times each in the entire book.
This is the seventh mention of each and the only common verse.
Note that Jesus is mentioned 8 additional times as the Messiah or the son of Mary for a total of 33 times.
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An eternal conversation between Eisy (Jesus) and our heavenly father.
Above are the last 11 verses of chapter 5 which talk about "the last supper".
We know of one traitor that night and verse 115 says whoever it is they will be punished like no one else has ever been or ever will.
We can see Judas on the right side with a bag of money, ready to take off after Jesus told him to do whatever he wants to do "quickly".
Jesus was ready for this treason and he gave Judas the sop with his own blessed hand; the hand that raises the dead and heals the blind.
Isn't it possible for the sop to get Judas to appear to look like Jesus so he's the one who gets it all and not Jesus who was already elevated?
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The story of the people of the cave is 309 words.
It is completed with the phrase that says "three hundred and nine" as the 309th 'word'.
It is only normal that translation changes the number of words of passages.
Chapter 18 is where the halving of the number of letters of the entire book occurs.
The halving of the book's letters is the middle of verse 84, boxed in red.
The word count from the underlined-in-blue junction to the middle of verse 84 is 309.
Also the word count from the middle of verse 84 to the end of chapter 18 is 309.
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Transliteration of the first verse: Ts tlk ait alqran oktab mbin
The letter T appears 27 times in this chapter. The chapter order is 27.
The letter s appears 93 times in this chapter. The chapter has 93 verses ( stars).
This is the central verse (27, 30). Next to verse (1, 1) this is the only 'bsm allh alrHmn alrHim' that is starred as a verse.
Check out the TOC for more on this symmetry.
Transliteration of (27, 30): Anh mn slimn oanh bsm allh alrHmn alrHim.
The words 'bsm allh alrHmn alrHim' are the 201, 202, 203, and 204th from the beginning of the story of Solomon. These numbers add up to 810 = 27 x 30.
This verse combines the written words of a king, carried by a bird, and read by a queen - about the merciful Lord.
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Abraham had two sons, born 14 years apart.
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The letter Qaf is mentioned 57 times in this chapter.
The letter Qaf is also mentioned 57 times in this chapter which has less than half the total letters of chapter 42.
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