Word Count

[9:128] There has certainly come to you a messenger from among yourselves. Grievous to him is what you suffer; [he is] concerned over you [i.e., your guidance] and to the believers is kind and merciful.

لَقَدْ جَآءَكُمْ رَسُولٌۭ مِّنْ أَنفُسِكُمْ عَزِيزٌ عَلَيْهِ مَا عَنِتُّمْ حَرِيصٌ عَلَيْكُم بِٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ رَءُوفٌۭ رَّحِيمٌۭ

[9:129] But if they turn away, [O Muḥammad], say, “Sufficient for me is Allāh; there is no god except Him. On Him I have relied, and He is the Lord of the Great Throne.”

فَإِن تَوَلَّوْا۟ فَقُلْ حَسْبِىَ ٱللَّهُ لَآ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ۖ عَلَيْهِ تَوَكَّلْتُ ۖ وَهُوَ رَبُّ ٱلْعَرْشِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ

The following words are up by one occurrence from being a multiple of 19 with the addition of 9:128-129 and multiples of 19 with their omission.

Word	Arabic		Frequency w/ 9:128-129	Frequency w/o 9:128-129
Messenger (of God)	رَسُولٌ	all forms of ” رسول ” of God	115	114 (19×6)
yourselves	أَنفُسِكُمْ	all forms for ” أنفس “	153	152 (19×8)
merciful	رَّحِيمٌۭ	all forms of ” رَّحِيم “	115	114 (19×6)
turn away	تَوَلَّوْا۟	all forms of ” تَوَلَّ ”	77	76 (19×4)
God	ٱللَّهُ	all forms of ” ٱللَّه “	2699	2698 (19×142)
god	إِلَـٰهَ	all forms of ” إِلَـٰه “	96	95 (19×5)
Lord	رَبُّ	all forms of ” رَبّ ” in refernce to Lord/lord	970	969 (19×51)
Throne	ٱلْعَرْشِ	all forms of ” ٱلْعَرْش “	20	19 (19×1)

Before getting to the tables for the above words, there are some other interesting points.

Qul ( قُل ) vs Qaloo ( قَالُوا۟ )

The word “say” (qul / قُل ) occurs 332 times in the Quran. While the word “they say” (qaloo / قَالُوا۟ ) also occurs 332 times. But if the qul ( قُل ) in 9:129 is counted, then the qul count will be increased by one to 333. A full list of both these words in the Quran can be found here.

God’s Warning

The Quran gives us the following warning regarding those who fabricate scripture.

[3:78] Among them are those who twist their tongues to imitate the scripture, that you may think it is from the scripture, when it is not from the scripture, and they claim that it is from GOD, when it is not from GOD. Thus, they utter lies and attribute them to GOD, knowingly.

وَإِنَّ مِنْهُمْ لَفَرِيقًا يَلْوُۥنَ أَلْسِنَتَهُم بِٱلْكِتَـٰبِ لِتَحْسَبُوهُ مِنَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ وَمَا هُوَ مِنَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ وَيَقُولُونَ هُوَ مِنْ عِندِ ٱللَّهِ وَمَا هُوَ مِنْ عِندِ ٱللَّهِ وَيَقُولُونَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ ٱلْكَذِبَ وَهُمْ يَعْلَمُونَ

Interestingly, the last occurrence of the word God ( ٱللَّهِ ) in the above verse is the 361 (19×19) occurrence of this word.

Additionally, the last verse of Sur 9 is verse 127, which states the following forwarning as well.

[9:127] Whenever a sura was revealed, some of them would look at each other as if to say: “Does anyone see you?” Then they left. Thus, GOD has diverted their hearts, for they are people who do not comprehend.

وَإِذَا مَآ أُنزِلَتْ سُورَةٌ نَّظَرَ بَعْضُهُمْ إِلَىٰ بَعْضٍ هَلْ يَرَىٰكُم مِّنْ أَحَدٍ ثُمَّ ٱنصَرَفُوا۟ صَرَفَ ٱللَّهُ قُلُوبَهُم بِأَنَّهُمْ قَوْمٌ لَّا يَفْقَهُونَ

The word God ( ٱللَّهُ ) in the above last verse of Sura 9 is the 1273 (19×67) occurrence.