Quran

or Qur·ʾan

[ koo-rahn, koo-ran ]

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

/ kʊˈrɑːn; -ˈræn /

noun

1. See Koran
   a variant of Koran

Word History and Origins

Origin of Quran¹

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