Alcoran
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- Alcoranic adjective
Example Sentences
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The particulars of this Passage, would be best explain'd by the Commentators upon the Alcoran, which I have no Opportunity of consulting.
From The Improvement of Human Reason Exhibited in the Life of Hai Ebn Yokdhan by Tufail, Ibn
The Koran; commonly called the Alcoran of Mohammed.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 55, May, 1862 by Various
Alcoran likewise signifies lecture and is only a literal translation of the word law.
From The Ruins, or, Meditation on the Revolutions of Empires and the Law of Nature by Volney, C.-F. (Constantin-François)
The speech of these people is Arabic, and they have got books of the Alcoran, and honour greatly their prophet Muhamad.
From A Description of the Coasts of East Africa and Malabar in the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century by Barbosa, Duarte
How grossly are they mistaken to suppose slavery to be disallowed by the Alcoran!
From The Journal of Negro History, Volume 4, 1919 by Various
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