— Koranic /keuh ran"ik, kaw-, koh-/ , adj.
/keuh rahn", -ran", kaw-, koh-/ , n.
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.
Also, Qur'an .
[ 1615-25; qur'an book, reading, akin to qara'a to read, recite ]