A Python program made to debunk the idea of the "Quran 19 code".

In 2021, I made a TikTok account called @KingYoshiyahu where I discuss various religious topics (and sometimes math and coding) from the perspective of an atheist. One of my videos was on the topic of the "Quran 19 code", a supposed mathematical structure in the Quran based on multiples of 19. I argued that such patterns can be easily found in any text, if you look hard enough for them.

But on September 11, 2023, Alikhan Akhmetov DMed me with a link to a web app he made to demonstrate the Quran 19 code, and challenged me to replicate 15 specific 19-based patterns that he found in the first chapter of the Quran. Composing a text that fits a specific pattern is, of course, much harder than finding patterns in a specific text, but I accepted his challenge.

(He also thankfully uploaded the code of his web app to a GitHub repo. It's apparently written in Flask. Neat.)

To use, simply run quran-miracle-finder.py (preferably with PyPy, for speed).

The program generates random variants of the same 7-verse chapter (which talks about the 19 code in a meta way), and when it finds variants that replicate all 15 defined "miracles", it outputs them to a text file (grouped by first 4 verses).

This is my favorite result from the program (formatted, and curated from many thousands of other options):

CHAPTER 1: THE RAIN MAN

1. The "nineteen code" in the Quran does not point toward the Islamic god.
2. It's solely dumb luck.
3. What that does is referred to as "cherry picking" data.
4. It is purely an occurrence of a sharpshooter fallacy.
5. And for that matter, this thinking is silly.
6. Why is Allah super enticed by nineteen?
7. The way I see it, the god of Islam is really the Dustin Hoffman of deities!

This chapter replicates all 15 miracles presented on Alikhan Akhmetov's web app.

Write the following next to each other: the chapter number (1); then the index of each verse (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7).

11234567

The result is a multiple of 19.

Write the following next to each other: the chapter number (1); then the number of verses (7); then the number of words (67).

1767

The result is a multiple of 19.

Write the following next to each other: the sum of the verse indices (1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 = 28); then the number of words (67); then the number of letters (285); then the gematria value (23499).

286728523499

The result is a multiple of 19.

(NOTE: For the "gematria" value, each letter is substituted for the corresponding number in this table, and then added.)

Write the following next to each other: the chapter number (1); then the number of verses (7); then the number of words in each verse (13, 4, 10, 9, 8, 7, 16).

171341098716

The result is a multiple of 19.

Write the following next to each other: the chapter number (1); then the number of verses (7); then the number of letters (285); then the gematria value (23499).

1728523499

The result is a multiple of 19.

Write the following next to each other: the chapter number (1); then the number of letters in each verse (56, 17, 43, 44, 35, 32, 58).

156174344353258

The result is a multiple of 19.

Write the following next to each other: the chapter number (1); then for each verse, the verse index, and the number of letters (1 56, 2 17, 3 43, 4 44, 5 35, 6 32, 7 58); then the number of letters (285).

1156217343444535632758285

The result is a multiple of 19.

Write the following next to each other: the chapter number (1); then for each verse, the verse index, and the number of letters up to and including this verse (1 56, 2 73, 3 116, 4 160, 5 195, 6 227, 7 285).

115627331164160519562277285

The result is a multiple of 19.

Write the following next to each other: the chapter number (1); then for each verse, the number of letters, and the gematria value (56 3651, 17 1933, 43 3322, 44 3803, 35 2804, 32 3304, 58 4682).

1563651171933433322443803352804323304584682

The result is a multiple of 19.

Write each part of Miracle 9 next to each other, but in a backwards order.

4682583304322804353803443322431933173651561

The result is a multiple of 19.

Write the following next to each other: the chapter number (1); then for each verse, the number of letters up to and including this verse, and the gematria up to and including this verse (56 3651, 73 5584, 116 8906, 160 12709, 195 15513, 227 18817, 285 23499).

1563651735584116890616012709195155132271881728523499

The result is a multiple of 19.

Write the following next to each other: the number of letters (285); then for each verse, the number of words, the number of letters, and the gematria value (13 56 3651, 4 17 1933, 10 43 3322, 9 44 3803, 8 35 2804, 7 32 3304, 16 58 4682).

2851356365141719331043332294438038352804732330416584682

The result is a multiple of 19.

Write the following next to each other: the chapter number (1); then for each verse, the verse index, the number of letters, and the gematria value (1 56 3651, 2 17 1933, 3 43 3322, 4 44 3803, 5 35 2804, 6 32 3304, 7 58 4682).

11563651217193334333224443803535280463233047584682

The result is a multiple of 19.

Write the following next to each other: the chapter number (1); then the number of verses (7); then the gematria value (23499); then for each verse, the verse index, the number of words, the number of letters, and the gematria value (1 13 56 3651, 2 4 17 1933, 3 10 43 3322, 4 9 44 3803, 5 8 35 2804, 6 7 32 3304, 7 16 58 4682).

172349911356365124171933310433322494438035835280467323304716584682

The result is a multiple of 19.

Write the following next to each other: the chapter number (1); then the number of verses (7); then for each verse, the verse index, the number of letters, and the gematria value of every letter written next to each other (take my word for this).

17156200855095052005550360459502008580300901504605100506020070609502002006050019042008591003014093760421792001001006030530700430040230300320343500812002008120046051009100905659090542006011003859090700709320950741200144492009100703009053070015060333009090550356061100819070100860602005906130301370053515046609020081200401200200590200891002008950209507910010093030700632500870091001303018100300705905502009354270050950520055507582008550017009100559200200857604606910030140910090513030700200854300100200950860664015060645920095100

The result is a multiple of 19.

Not much on its own, really. It proves you can create a piece of constrained writing using math and coding knowledge.

But Akhmetov's claim is that the composer of the Quran (be it Allah, Muhammad, or some secret third thing) intentionally placed these specific constraints on the text of the Quran (or at least the first chapter). Which seems highly unlikely, in my opinion. After all, who would intentionally use these specific constraints, and not others?

He also indirectly claimed on his website that I wouldn't be able to write a chapter that's just like the Quran, citing Surah 2:23-24. And yet, for this 19-based definition of "just like the Quran", it seems like I have.

• At the moment, this program is tailor-made to work with these specific verses and their variants, including hard-coding the solutions to many different modular equations. Perhaps in the future, I can modify this to work with any set of verses and their variants.