Appendix 29

Since the Basmalah consists of 19 Arabic letters, and prefixes all the suras except one, it can be considered the foundation upon which the Quran's 19-based code is built.

But the absence of the Basmalah from Sura 9 causes the number of this crucial opening statement to be 113, a number that does not conform with the Quran's code.

However, we find that this deficiency is compensated for in Sura 27. Two Basmalahs occur in Sura 27, one as an opener and one in Verse 30.

From the missing Basmalah of Sura 9 to the extra Basmalah of Sura 27, there are:

The sum of sura numbers from the missing Basmalah (Sura 9) to the extra Basmalah (Sura 27) is:

The occurrence of the extra Basmalah in 27:30 conforms with the Quran's code in that the sura number, plus the verse number is a multiple of 19:

The occurrence of the extra Basmalah in Verse 30 compares with the occurrence of the number 19 itself in Verse 30 (Sura 74).

The Quran contains 6234 numbered verses. The absence of the Basmalah from Sura 9, and compensating for it in Verse 30 of Sura 27 gives us:

• 2 numbered Basmalahs: 1:1 & 27:30
• 112 un-numbered Basmalahs

This causes the total number of verses in the Quran to be:

From the missing Basmalah to the extra Basmalah, the number of verses containing the word "Allah" is:

Table 1: Verses Containing "Allah" from Missing to Extra Basmalah

The sum of verse numbers (1+2+3+...+n), plus the number of verses, from the missing Basmalah to the extra Basmalah is a multiple of 19:

Table 2: Suras & Verses from Missing to Extra Basmalah

This item also proves that Sura 9 consists of 127 verses, not 129 (see Appendix 24).

The sum of digits of 127 is 1+2+7=10. By finding all the verses whose digits add up to 10, from the missing Basmalah of Sura 9 to the extra Basmalah of Sura 27, then adding the number of these verses to the total number of verses from the missing Basmalah to the extra Basmalah, we get:

Table 3: Verses Whose Digits Add Up to 10

Sura 9 is an odd-numbered sura whose number of verses (127) is also odd. From the missing Basmalah to the extra Basmalah, there are 7 suras that possess this property — they are odd-numbered suras whose numbers of verses are also odd:

Suras 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 25, and 27

Table 4: Odd-numbered Suras with Odd Verse Counts

This feature authenticates both the missing Basmalah and the number of verses in Sura 9 (where two false verses had been injected).

If we take the same suras listed in Table 4 (odd-numbered suras whose numbers of verses are also odd), and write down the number of every sura, followed by its number of verses, the resulting long number (30 digits) is a multiple of 19:

Let us continue to work with the suras listed in Table 4 — the odd-numbered suras whose verses are also odd-numbered, from the missing Basmalah to the extra Basmalah.

If we write down the number of every sura, followed by the last digit in every verse in that sura, we end up with a long number, 1988 digits, which is divisible by 19: