[marshmellman]

As someone ignorant to the Quran, can you explain how this functions as a checksum? Are you theorizing that scholars knew this fact and used it to, say, aid memorization?

I’ve heard of similar mnemonic devices in oral traditions, but I’m not sure if that’s what you’re referring to.

[lbensaad]

Thanks for your interest and for the question. This fact was not known to old scholars. it was discovered just in 1991. How this function?: When God sent messengers, like Abraham, Moses, Jesus peace be upon all of them, He gave them miracles so that people can believe them. Those miracles performed by Moses and Jesus for example can not be examined now because they are meant for that time, even the Gospel of Jesus for example is lost because God did not want it for this era.

However, when God sent the Quran, he stated in it that it is the final and eternal Message to humanity and that He will preserve.

Now how can humans believe the Quran is from God, and that it was not changed like the Torah and the Gospel. God mentioned that the Quran itself is a miracle. Humans cannot produce it. Any Arabic speaking person knows that. But for non Arabic speaking people, I believe that God has put many scientific and mathematical miracles in the Quran so all people of all ages can verify it.

One of these miracles is these checksums like the ones explained above. An illiterate man such as the prophet Mohamed, peace be upon him, nor the people of that time can produce something like this, they even did not know about its existing.

There is even Digital Watermark/Signature in the Quran that clearly proofs that author of the Quran is God. I will explain in a separate article when I have time.