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Quran
or Qur·ʾan
[ koo-rahn, koo-ran ]
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
/ kʊˈrɑːn; -ˈræn /
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Quran1
First recorded in 1615–25; from Arabic qur'ān “reading, recitation,” from qara'a “to read, recite”
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