What is the word that lies exactly at the center of the Qur’an?
According to the majority of scholars, the central word of the Qur’an is “wal-yatalattaf”, which means “let him be gentle”, found in Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 19 of Sūrat al-Kahf. Meanwhile, Imam al-Nawawī identified the midpoint of the Qur’an’s letters as occurring in the word “nukran”, meaning “strange” or “terrible”, located in Verse 74 of the same Surah.
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