Qur'an

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /kəˈɹɑːn/
• (America) IPA: /kəˈɹɑn/, /kəˈɹæn/, /koʊˈɹæn/, /kɔˈɹɑn/

Proper noun

1. The Islamic holy book, considered by Muslims to be the word of God as revealed to Muhammad.
   • 1646, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, I.5:

     Thus it is not without wonder, how those learned Arabicks so tamely delivered up their belief unto the absurdities of the Alcoran.

   • 1923, "Gandhi spends his time", Time, 16 Dec 1923:

     He reads largely religious books, chiefly the Gita and Upanishads. He has read the Koran and he is now re-reading the Bible.

   • 2011, Malise Ruthven, The Guardian, 1 Jul 2011:

     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.

Translations

• French: Coran
• German: Koran, Alkoran
• Italian: Corano
• Portuguese: Corão, Alcorão
• Russian: Кора́н
• Spanish: Corán

Noun

Qur'an (plural Qur'ans)

1. A specific version, edition, translation, or copy of one of the above-mentioned book.

Translations

• French: coran
• German: Koran, Alkoran
• Italian: corano
• Portuguese: Alcorão, Corão
• Russian: Кора́н

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