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• Quran
  Quran

  noun

  the sacred text of Islam, divided into 114 chapters, or suras: revered as the word of God, dictated to Muhammad by the archangel Gabriel, and accepted as the foundation of Islamic law, religion, culture, and politics.
• Qur'an
  Qur'an

  noun

  a variant of Koran

Quran

American  

[koo-rahn, koo-ran] / kʊˈrɑn, kʊˈræn /

Also Koran or Qurʾan

noun

Qurans plural

1. the sacred text of Islam, divided into 114 chapters, or suras: revered as the word of God, dictated to Muhammad by the archangel Gabriel, and accepted as the foundation of Islamic law, religion, culture, and politics.

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Qur'an British  

/ kʊˈrɑːn, -ˈræn /

noun

1. a variant of Koran

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• Qurans
  plural

Etymology

Origin of Quran

First recorded in 1615–25; from Arabic qur'ān “reading, recitation,” from qara'a “to read, recite”

Example Sentences

Al-Aqsa is mentioned in the Quran, and it is from where Muslims believe the Prophet Muhammad ascended to Heaven.

From BBC • Jun. 17, 2026

"We stayed to guard our soil," her daughter Najat al-Nour, a Quran professor in her fifties who lifted her chin high to admonish those who left.

From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026

Shahabi was born into a deeply religious Muslim family and served as a Quran teacher in Iran.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

At 34, he is the city’s youngest mayor in over a century and, as its first Muslim mayor, the first to take the oath of office on a Quran.

From Slate • Jan. 3, 2026

Some of the rules, I knew, came from the Quran, but some, like the sleepover rule, were simply because Abu was a protective father.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad