THE MYTH OF 786
It is a matter of FACT that Allah has revealed the Quran in Arabic, as stated in the above selection and in many other verses. Why was the Quran NOT revealed in mathematical figures? WHY ARE WE THEN, CONVERTING IT INTO NUMBERS??? Did Allah, perhaps, commit an error, which our scholars are trying to rectify? (Naoozubillah). What message would mankind have received if the pages of the Quran had filled with numbers and nothing else? It would have been unintelligible and a mystifying conundrum!
We are instructed to recite the Quran Majeed, as can be seen from the following verses: "And (it is) a Quran that we have divided, that you may RECITE it unto mankind ate interval, and We have revealed it by (successive) revelation." (17:106); "RECITE then, of the Quran that is easy for you..." (73:20).
Now would one recite the Quran if it is reduced to numbers? As an example, we shall reduce the Soorah Fatiha to numerical figures for the benefit of the reader.
Bismillaahir Rahmaanir Raheem............................................ 787
Al-humdolillaahir rub-ul alamin................................................ 632
Ar-Rahmaan-ur-Raheem......................................................... 618
Malikay yawm-midh deen....................................................... 242
Eeyya ka Na bo-du Wa eeyya ka nasthaeen....................... 836
Ahdaynas-sira thal mustaqeem.............................................. 1073
Sirat-ul a th(z)eena unamtha alay-him..................................... 1807
Ghayril magh dhubay alayhim waludh aleen.......................... 4194
Total numerical value............................................................... 10189
Does this mean that merely reading 10189 we have read the whole of Soorah al-Fatiha? How easy it is to gain reward by just repeating the numbers! For example, to recite Soorah al-Fatiha ten times, we only have to multiply by ten, i.e. 10189 10 = 101890, and just recite that number. Similarly the whole of the Quran can be reduced to numbers. Meaningless and of NO significance, the numbers will NOT have a message for the whole mankind!
Those who invented the "786", are GUILTY of tampering with the text of the Holy Quran. Muslims are invited to give up this EVIL and disgusting practice of using 786. It is, I repeat, an innovation, evil and in NO WAY sacred. It is a conspiracy against the kitaab (book) of Allah.
This old game of numbers was practised by the ancient Egyptians, as did many other civilisations. Islaam came to ELIMINATE ALL such superstitions, mysteries and numerological mumbo-jumbo. However, Muslims are still enslaved to the number game, and think that 786 represents BISMILLAAHIR RAHMAANIR RAHEEM.
May ALLAH give us all the guidance to practice what is most Pleasing to Him!