Quran

American

[koo-rahn, koo-ran] / kʊˈrɑn, kʊˈræn /

Also Koran or Qurʾan

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.

Qur'an British

/ kʊˈrɑːn, -ˈræn /

noun

a variant of Koran

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Etymology

Origin of Quran

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

Example Sentences

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His education was dominated by the study of the Quran, and he qualified as a cleric by the age of 11.

From BBC

In the next gallery, a 15th-century Quran was displayed alongside a North African Torah and Coptic Christian Bible.

From The Wall Street Journal

This was "against what the Quran teaches", Salihu said, referring to Islam's holy book.

From BBC

There were also two copies of the Quran, one with an earmarked page, according to the documents, which didn’t specify which page or why it was included in the evidence.

From The Wall Street Journal

Naveed also appears to recite a passage from the Quran in Arabic in the video, police alleged.

From BBC

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