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.

Origin of Quran

1
First 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
  1. a variant of Koran

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