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Qur'an Statistics
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In the honor of the blessed month of Ramadan, here are some interesting statistics about the Holy Qur'an:
Please note:
- Name of Muhammad includes one instance of Ahmad.
- Name of Isa includes Son of Mary and Masih.
- Verse count includes "Bismillah ..."
- Chapters are categorized as having been revealed in either Mecca or Medina, but this classification is based on subjectivity. See Meccan Surah and Medinan Surah for detail.
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Min, Max, Mean, and Median are obvious. 1st Qu. shows that 25% of all chapters have less than 17 verses (the 16.5 is because 114 divided by 4 is not an even number so there is some interpolation). 3rd Qu. shows that 75% of all chapters have less than 79 verses. Why is the median 40 when none of the chapters have 40 verses? Because with an even number of values in a set, you have to take the average of the middle two (in this case 39 and 41). This means that if you randomly opened a chapter of the Holy Qur'an, it would have a 50% chance of having less than 40 verses.
Source: corpus.quran.com/