Jump To:

• 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

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.

---

Qur'an British  

/ kʊˈrɑːn, -ˈræn /

noun

1. a variant of Koran

---

Etymology

Origin of Quran

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

Example Sentences

"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

His education was dominated by the study of the Quran, and he qualified as a cleric by the age of 11.

From BBC • Feb. 28, 2026

To reassure the anxious who are deeply misinformed about the content of the Quran and the nature of its followers.

From Slate • Jan. 3, 2026

It all depends on how well you can connect Arabic letters into words and how many passages from the Quran, or surahs, you can recite from memory.

From "Amina's Voice" by Hena Khan