25 ­ Say and They Said

Many sentences in the Quran are in the form of reported speech using the formula “they
said” (Qalu) and yet many orders are expressed by another formula “say” (Qul). These two
words which have very clear relationships are used many times in the Quran; 332 times
each. The total number of the use of these two words is 664. This number is so big that it is
even bigger than the words used in the last 15 suras of the Quran. Mathematical miracle of
the Quran has surrounded it in a unique way. The Quran itself is a total miracle, such a
miracle that it is easy to understand and impossible to imitate.

The word
Number of occurrence

Say
332

They said
332