identification with numbers

there was this story that i remember from somewhere,

when you get 10 people,
blindfold them so they cannot see
then place a giant elephant in their middle.
then ask then to tell you what they have -

they will each tell you something different

it is true in training as well, for team building exercises, you get a structure, give a part of it to to each person in the group and ask then to tell you what they have.. i think you get the gist..

individually, you only have a piece of the picture - but when you collectively sit together and talk about it, you can then get a chance to arrive at the bigger picture.

some people are there busy chasing numbers - busy trying to prove number 19 in every walk of life - for every prayer, for every surah, for everything..

whilst i am not saying it is a good or a bad thing, but sometimes it is easy - it is time for maghrib prayers..
give me two seconds and i will be back.

yes sometimes it is easy to be side tracked and to let the numbers thing consume your mind and take your energy away from the most simplistic of things - Worshipping God.. you then start to live in a state of Obsessive compulsive disorder with the number 19 and want to make everything in life formulate to it...

some interesting facts - from wikipedia
apparently in bahai faith - they have a calender year that has 19 months with 19 days each
The number of Arabic letters in the common formula, the Basmala, "In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful," being (without vowel marks) "bsm allh alrḥmn alrḥym - is 19
The Number of Verse and Sura together in Qur'an which describes Jesus Christ Birth is 19

Over it is 19 - what was God talking about here - some people say its the number of angels guarding hell, some people say it is the code of the Quran( my interpretation)

hmm God is the source of all knowledge and may He guide us all to his path.. keep us away from idol worship and keep us devoted to Him alone.

why some people are fixated by this number i dont know...

let me not be partial here by posting one english translated version of the Quran. - I will invite you all to go and read surah 74 - which is where this number 19 comes to play as it is mentioned specifically. - Over it is 19. look at the verses before it and look at the verses below it and see if it is linked how it is linked..

some people spend all their time worrying over the number - trying to prove the number 19 in everything - good luck to them.

For me, i trust in my god, i have come to a point when i tend not to worry about anything as for me life is simple, i trust in God... i dont need to verify the number 19 because for me it did not matter..
what mattered was when i read the Quran, myself with my eyes opened i was able to see the falseness in the religion i wanted to practice and the truth in the religion of God - worshiping god alone - i was able to see and i was able to accept, i knew in my heart of hearts that that was it...

i am certain that my God is one God, and i am certain that worshipping God is about worshipping God alone - no prophet no messenger, no ambiguity, no pretense .. the Quran for me is simple - I look to God to inspire me to the right meaning for me, to enlighten me in his path....and to direct me by His grace.

this is not to say that i will not listen to another persons explanation or reasoning, but i am firm on a couple of things which are a fact for me - God, the Most High, The Most gracious is my God, He begets none nor was He beggeted, He is a God without partners, He is the Supreme - Be He glorified in all the universe.

as it goes - Praise be to God who has not begotten a son, neither does He need a partner in His kingship, nor does He need an ally out of weakness.

i was reading something online and i was directed to surah 6.. indeed God is merciful and may He provide us with his mercy and guide us all...