noun
or qur·'an or qu·ran or qo·ran kəˈran, (ˈ)kō|r-, (ˈ)kȯ|r-, (ˈ)ku̇|r-, -rän, -raa(ə)n, -rȧn sometimes ˈkōrən or ˈkȯrən
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Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: Arabic qur'ān, from qara'a to read, recite
: the book composed of writings accepted by Muslims as revelations made to Muhammad by Allah and as the divinely authorized basis for the religious, social, civil, commercial, military, and legal regulations of the Islamic world