The Islamic holy book, considered by Muslims to be the word of God as revealed to Muhammad.
Noun
A specific version, edition, translation, or copy of one of the above-mentioned book.
Origin
Borrowed from Arabic الْقُرْآن, definite form of قُرْآن, verbal noun of قَرَأَ. (The obsolete alternative spellings with "al-", like Alcoran, redundantly retained the Arabic definite article.) Compare Classical Syriac ܩܪܝܢܐ ("reading; scripture").
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