The Night Journey

The story of Night Journey is introduced in Sura 17 Verse 1 and picks up again in Sura 53 Verse 1.  What is the distance between Sura 17 Verse 1 and Sura 53 Verse 1 in terms of verses?  The sum of the total verses of Sura 17 up to and including Sura 52 plus the first of Sura 53 is below.  For example, Sura 17 has 111 verses, Sura 18 has 110 verses and so on to Sura 52 which has 49 verses.

 (111 + 110 + 98 + 135 + 112 + 78 + 118 + 64 + 77 + 227 + 93 + 88 + 69 + 60 + 34 + 30 + 73 +

54 + 45 + 83 + 182 + 88 + 75 + 85 + 54 + 53 + 89 + 59 + 37 + 35 + 38 + 29 + 18 + 45 + 60 + 49) = 2755

Adding the first verse of Sura 53 to the above, brings it to 2756. 

2756 = 2² × 13 × 53  

Amazingly the prime number 53 is one of the factors and represents the Sura number that the story of Night Journey picks up!

The verses that were used in the above calculation are associated with suras 17 through 53 (37 suras).  Let's add it to the above sum:

 2756 (total verses) + 37 (total suras) = 2793 which it is equal to   3 x 19 x 49

As we know, the prime number 19 is one of the encryption codes in the Holy Qur’an and we will talk a little about it later.