They have this astronomical information, and these two relationships indicate the formulation of all of them. So we say: 1. The lunar month by the sidereal orbit is 27.3 days (27 days and 7 hours).

2. The lunar month by synod is 29.5 days (29 days and 12 hours).

3. 7.7 solar months = 7.7 lunar months + 7 days.

4. 19 solar years is one Metonic cycle. This is equal to 19 lunar years + 7 months. This is equivalent to 235 lunar synodic months; and it is also equivalent to 254 lunar sidereal months.

5. 228 solar years (19 x 12 = 228 lunar years) + 7 years = 235 lunar years.

After this introduction, which all humans can understand, we answer the question we previously posed: What is the relationship between the number of letters in this blessed verse (13) and the wisdom of choosing the number nineteen (19)? We say, and with Allah is all success: Whoever understands the secret of Allah Almighty's appending this verse to His saying: "And the moon. We have ordained for it mansions to traverse until it returns like the old, dry branch of a date-palm." (23:39), will easily understand this relationship. Allah Almighty's oath by the moon, and not by His other creations, is a reminder from Him, may He be exalted, that the wisdom of choosing the number nineteen (19) has a direct relationship with the moon and its movement in its orbit. We can deduce this after establishing the following facts: 1. The number of letters in the verse (13) is 245 letters. If we add to it the number of letters in the verse that follows it, which is 9 letters, the result will be 254. This number is the same as the number of lunar sidereal orbits during one lunar eclipse Metonic cycle, i.e., during nineteen (19) solar years, as explained in astronomy.

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