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.
Origin of Quran
1First recorded in 1615–25; from Arabic qur'ān “reading, recitation,” from qara'a “to read, recite”
- Also Koran .
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British Dictionary definitions for Qur'an
Qur'an
/ (kʊˈrɑːn, -ˈræn) /
noun
a variant of Koran
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