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Imam Ali radiallahu anhu (ra), Mathematical Brilliance

One Day a Jewish person came to Imam Ali ra., thinking that since Imam Ali thinks he is too smart, I’ll ask him such a tough question that he won’t be able to answer it and I’ll have the chance to embarrass him in front of all the Arabs.

He asked “Imam Ali ra., tell me a number, that if we divide it by any number from 1-10 the answer will always come in the form of a whole number and not as a fraction.”

Imam Ali ra. looked back at him and said, “Take the number of days in a year and multiply it with the number of days in a week and you will have your answer.”

The Jewish person got astonished but as he was a polytheist (Mushrik), he still didn’t believe Imam Ali ibn Abu Talib He calculated the answer Imam Ali ibn Abu Talib gave him.

To his amazement he came across the following results: The number of Days in a Year = 360 (day prophetic Jewish, source) The Number of Days in a Week = 7

The product of the two numbers = 2520

Now…
2520 : 1 = 2520
2520 : 2 = 1260
2520 : 3 = 840
2520 : 4 = 630
2520 : 5 = 504
2520 : 6 = 420
2520 : 7 = 360
2520 : 8 = 315
2520 : 9 = 280
2520 : 10= 252

Source:
Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib, The First Intellectual Muslim Thinker
by Dr.Muhammad Abdul Rauf, pg 98-102 (forum.hizbuttahrir.org)

31 Mei 2014 Posted by kanzunQALAM | history, islam, kanzunQALAM, sejarah | manusia, misteri, sains, science, tokoh, wawasan | Tinggalkan komentar