Category:The Koran

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The Qur’ān القرآن al-ķur'ān, literally "the recitation"; also sometimes transliterated as Quran, Koran, or Al-Qur'an) is the central text of Islam. Muslims believe the Qur'an to be the book of divine guidance and direction for mankind and consider the text in its original Arabic to be the literal word of God,[1] Qur'ān, Chapter 2, Verses 23-24 revealed to Muhammad over a period of twenty-three years Living Religions: An Encyclopaedia of the World's Faiths, Mary Pat Fisher, 1997, page 338, I.B. Tauris Publishers, [2] Qur'an,Chapter 17,Verse 106 and view the Qur'an as God's final revelation to humanity. [3] Qur'an, Chapter 33, Verse 40 Watton, Victor, (1993), A student's approach to world religions:Islam, Hodder & Stoughton, pg 1. ISBN 0-340-58795-4