Qur'an Statistics

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.

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/