Qur'an
//kəˈɹɑn// name, noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A specific version, edition, translation, or copy of one of the above-mentioned book.
Proper Noun
- 1 The Islamic holy book, considered by Muslims to be the word of God as revealed to Muhammad.
"In the summer of 2002, responding to the 9/11 atrocity, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill made a selection of verses from the Qur'an a mandatory text for new students."
Example
More examples"The holy book of Muslims is the Qur'an."
Etymology
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”).
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