Surah al-Mulk, 3

The Seven (7) Heavens

◉ The variety of letters used in the term "sabAAa samawatin," meaning "seven heavens," is 7.

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ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ سَبْعَ سَمَٰوَٰتٍۢ طِبَاقًۭا ۖ مَّا تَرَىٰ فِى خَلْقِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ مِن تَفَٰوُتٍۢ ۖ فَٱرْجِعِ ٱلْبَصَرَ هَلْ تَرَىٰ مِن فُطُورٍۢ ۝٣

He Who created the seven heavens in layers. You will not find any flaw in the Creation of the All-Merciful. Look again – do you see any gaps?
Surah al-Mulk, 3

◉ The variety of letters used in the term "sabAAa samawatin," meaning "seven heavens," is 7.1

7 سَبْعَ سَمَٰوَٰتٍۢ طِبَاقًۭا

◉ Number of letters in the verse up to the term "sabAAa samawatin " (seven heavens): 7.

◉ The letters in the word "seb'a" (7) appear seven times from the word "sabAAa " to the end of the verse.2

◉ The letters in the word "seb'a" (7) appeat 7 times in the verse up to the word " sabAAa ".

◉ There are 7 syllables from the word "sabAAa " (7) to the end of the clause.

Footnotes

  1. "Lamelif" iki ↩
  2. Lam: 3, ye: 1, elif: 2, ayn: 1, şın: 1, ra: 2 ↩

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