How many ayaths are there in Al-Quran?

Question

I heard that there are totally 6666 ayaths in Al-Quran.

But, I counted in my own Quran,that it has less than that.

I asked my brothers,they said that it is based on the edition the number of ayaths will change.(Is it so?)

Answer 1

There are 6236 in total (not counting the basmalas at start). You can get a copy of Quran in text file from tanzil. Just download a copy and check the number of lines/entries to see for yourself.

Answer 2

The difference between the total of ayahs is due to some people count the Starting Bismillah in start of every Surah as a separate verse and others just count it once.

This islamword.net link has a complete statistic gathered at one place. From the page

Total No. of Verses 6239

Answer 3

the "6666 verses" myth was likely introduced to scare off Christians from looking into Islam, by associating the Quran with the devil's number.

The total number of Ayats in the Quran is around 6,236. The actual number may vary depending on what is counted as a complete Ayat.

and Allah knows best.

Answer 4

One won't find the exact count for Ayahs because the Prophet (May Allah's blessings and peace be upon Him) never specified them. It may vary according to the Quran version. For example you can find in some versions the first two Ayahs of Surat Al Qri'ah like :

ٱلۡقَارِعَةُ (١) مَا ٱلۡقَارِعَةُ (٢

But in other versions they show it as one Ayah:

ٱلۡقَارِعَةُ مَا ٱلۡقَارِعَةُ(١)

So the count of the Ayat are unclear, the only clear surat that has been specified to have certain number of Ayah's is suratul Fatihah, and the number of Ayat in there is 7.

The Mother of the Qur'an is the seven oft-repeated verses (Al- Mathaini) and is the Great Qur'an

أُمُّ الْقُرْآنِ هِيَ السَّبْعُ الْمَثَانِي وَالْقُرْآنُ الْعَظِيمُ

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