Qur'an

== English == === Alternative forms === Quran, Koran Alcoran (obsolete) Alkoran, Coran (obsolete, uncommon) Qoran, Qor'an, Qorân (uncommon) Qur'ân, Qur'ān, Qurʾān, Ḳurʾān (uncommon, scholarly) Qurʔān (rare) === 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”). === Pronunciation === (UK, Canada) IPA(key): /kəˈɹɑːn/ (US) IPA(key): /kəˈɹɑn/, /kəˈɹæn/, /koʊˈɹæn/, /kɔˈɹɑn/ Rhymes: -ɑːn === Proper noun === the Qur'an (plural Qur'ans) (Islam) The Islamic holy book, considered by Muslims to be the word of God as revealed to Muhammad. ==== Synonyms ==== the Book ==== Coordinate terms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === Qur'an (plural Qur'ans) A specific version, edition, translation, or copy of one of the above-mentioned book. ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== sharia law === Further reading === Qur'an on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Qur'an on Wikiquote.Wikiquote Qur'an on Wikisource.Wikisource == Malay == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /qurˈʔan/ [qurˈʔan] === Proper noun === Qur'an alternative form of Quran (“Qur'an”) (the Islamic holy book) == Tagalog == === Alternative forms === Alkoran Koran Kuran === Etymology === Borrowed from Arabic الْقُرْآن (al-qurʔān). Doublet of Alkoran and Koran. === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /kuɾˈʔan/ [kʊɾˈʔan̪], /kuˈɾan/ [kʊˈɾan̪] Rhymes: -an Syllabification: Qur‧'an, Qu‧r'an === Proper noun === Qur'án (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜇ᜔ᜀᜈ᜔ or ᜃᜓᜇᜈ᜔) (Islam) Qur'an (the Islamic holy book) === Further reading === “Qur’an”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025 “Qur'an”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018