Koran
Other words from Koran
- Ko·ran·ic [kuh-ran-ik, kaw-, koh-], /kəˈræn ɪk, kɔ-, koʊ-/, adjective
- pre-Ko·ran·ic, adjective
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How to use Koran in a sentence
The virgin birth is mentioned in the...what...gasp...Koran?!
There is no equivalent to the Ten Commandments in the Koran.
Republican Thinks Obama’s Mental Illness Caused Border Crisis | Gideon Resnick | July 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut some people took it as if I had spat on the Koran or something.
The Prodigious Roddy Doyle Is the Celtic Tiger of Irish Literature | Allen Barra | March 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe agreed that New Jersey Transit could fire an employee for burning the Koran!
A Thinner Chris Christie Still Faces Big Political Challenges | Robert Shrum | May 10, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTHindus,” it read, “are the deadliest enemies of our Koran and our Prophet.
Why Pakistan's Mohammed Ali Jinnah Was No Nelson Mandela | Kapil Komireddi | April 7, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
Mahomet, in his Koran, always viewed in him the most respectable of his predecessors.
A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 1 (of 10) | Franois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)Others say, still more malignantly, There is a certain man who labors with him in composing the Koran.
A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 1 (of 10) | Franois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)The monk who was said to have contributed to the Koran was by some called Bohaira, by others Sergius.
A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 1 (of 10) | Franois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)On the arches of the arcades, texts from the Koran are inlaid in characters of black marble.
A Woman's Journey Round the World | Ida PfeifferThe Koran is a rhapsody, without connection, without order, and without art.
A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 1 (of 10) | Franois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)
British Dictionary definitions for Koran
/ (kɔːˈrɑːn) /
the sacred book of Islam, believed by Muslims to be the infallible word of God dictated to Mohammed through the medium of the angel Gabriel: Also: Qur'an
Origin of Koran
1Derived forms of Koran
- Koranic, adjective
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Cultural definitions for Koran
[ (kuh-ran, kuh-rahn) ]
The sacred book of Islam. Muslims believe that the teachings of the Koran were revealed by God to the prophet Muhammad.
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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