Quran
or Qur·ʾan
[ koo-rahn, koo-ran ]
/ kʊˈrɑn, kʊˈræn /
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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.
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Origin of Quran
First recorded in 1615–25; from Arabic qur'ān “reading, recitation,” from qara'a “to read, recite”
Words nearby Quran
quotient ring, quotient space, quo vadis, quo warranto, Qu Qiu Bai, Quran, Qurnet es Sauda, qursh, qurush, Qutb, q.v.
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