Suras having at least 49 verses

The Holy Qur’an consists of 114 suras (i.e., chapters). Each sura consists of a certain number of verses (3 to 286) designed by Allah (SWT). Suras that have at least 49 verses or more are listed below (starting with Sura 2 which has 286 verses to Sura 77 which has 50 verses).  

There are amazingly total of 49 Suras meeting the above criteria! 

This relationship doesn’t apply to any other verse number in the entire Holy Qur’an. For example, if you list all the suras with at least 50 verses, or at least 6 verses, and so on. 

It is only for number “49” that the total number of suras containing at least those many verses is the same number “49”! 



It doesn’t work for any other number.  Now let's calculate the following:

Total number of suras containing at least 49 verses is 49. 

Adding the sura numbers with at least 49 verses (2, 3, 4….74, 77), we get 1487.

Adding the number of verses in each of the above suras (286, 200, 176, …, 56, 50), we get 4924.

Of course, we know that there are 49 suras meeting the above criteria. 

Sum of the above numbers (1487 + 4924 + 49 = 6460) has codes 17 and 19 as some of its factors.

6460 = 4 x 5 x 17 x 19

The prime numbers that are one more than a power of 2 are called Fermat primes, and only five are known: 3, 5, 17, 257, and 65537. Mathematicians, Fermat and Gauss, knew of these numbers. Nobody has been able to prove whether there are any more. The application of such numbers and divisors is in Cyclotomy and Cryptography. Interestingly, number 17 is one of the Fermat numbers!

17 = (2⁴ + 1) = (16 + 1)