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.
noun
- the sacred book of Islam, believed by Muslims to be the infallible word of God dictated to Mohammed through the medium of the angel GabrielAlso: Qur’an
1610s, from Arabic qur’an “a reading, recitation, book,” from root of quara-a “he read, recited.” Related: Koranic.
The sacred book of Islam. Muslims believe that the teachings of the Koran were revealed by God to the prophet Muhammad.