Surah an-Naml, 48

A Group of Nine (9) in the City

◉ The letters in the term "tisAAatu rahtin," meaning "nine men," appear 9 times between the expression and the end of the verse.

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وَكَانَ فِى ٱلْمَدِينَةِ تِسْعَةُ رَهْطٍۢ يُفْسِدُونَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَا يُصْلِحُونَ ۝٤٨

There was a group of nine men in the city causing corruption in the land and not putting things right.
Surah an-Naml, 48

◉ The letters in the term "tisAAatu rahtin," meaning "nine men," appear 9 times between the expression and the end of the verse.1

9 تِسْعَةُ رَهْطٍ

◉ There are 9 dotted letters between the term "tisAAatu rahtin " (9 men) and the end of the verse.

◉ Nine undotted letters are used from the term "tisAAatu rahtin " (9 men) and the end of the verse.2

◉ The abjad value of the muqatt'at letters (ta, sin) in the term "tisAAatu rahtin " (9 men) is 9.3 (By minor abjad calculation)

◉ There are 9 verses in the story of the people of Shelah and Thamud.4

Footnotes

  1. tı: 1, sin: 1 ↩
  2. 45. ayetten itibaren 53. ayete kadar: 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53. ↩
  3. Secavend "mim"de, "tı"da ve "cim"de durarak. ↩
  4. Ra, kaf, sad, be, be, dal, kaf, be, be, be, be, dal, be, be, kaf, be, be, kaf, be, be, be, tı, be ↩

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