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Qur'an



The Qur'ān (Arabic:, literally "the recitation"; also called "The Noble Qur'ān"; also transliterated as Quran, Koran, and Al-Quran) is the central religious text of Islam. Muslims believe the Qur'ān, in its original Arabic, to be the literal word of GodQur'ān, Chapter 2, Verses 23-24 that was revealed to Muhammad over a period of twenty-three yearsQur'an, Chapter 17, Verse 106 until his death, and believe it to be God's final revelation to humanityQur'an, Chapter 33, Verse 40Watton, Victor, (1993), A student's approach to world religions:Islam, Hodder & Stoughton, pg 1.



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