qur'an
n. countablen. the holy book of Islam, which Muslims believe contains the words of God as told to the prophet Muhammad.
n. the central religious text of Islam, believed by Muslims to be a revelation from God. Almost always preceded by the definite article.
He reads a chapter from the Qur'an every morning.
Scholars spend years studying the classical Arabic used in the Qur'an to interpret its complex meanings.
The calligrapher spent decades meticulously copying the verses of the Qur'an, ensuring that every stroke adhered to the traditional geometric proportions of the script.
Borrowed from Arabic الْقُرْآن (al-qurʔān), definite form of قُرْآن (qurʔān, “act of reciting”), verbal noun of قَرَأَ (qaraʔa, “to recite; to read (aloud)”). (The obsolete alternative spellings with "al-", like the Alcoran, redundantly retained the Arabic definite article.) Compare Classical Syriac ܩܪܝܢܐ (qeryānā, “reading; scripture”).
Usually capitalised. Often preceded by 'the'.