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English: The Quran (/kɔːrˈɑːn/) kor-AHN; Arabic: القرآن al-Qurʾān, literally meaning "the recitation"; also romanized Qur'an or Koran) is the central religious text of Islam, which Muslims believe to be a revelation from God .
The baqarah (Arabic: بَقَرْة, cow) of the Israelites [3]; The dhiʾb (Arabic: ذِئب, wolf) that Jacob feared could attack Joseph, and who was blamed for his disappearance [22] [23]
Al-Qur'an: A Contemporary Translation. Translated by Ahmed Ali. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1988. ISBN 9780691073293; The Clarion Call of the Eternal Quran. Translated by Muhammad Khalilur Rahman. Dhaka: 1991. The Glorious Qur'an. Translated by Ahmad Zidan and Mrs. Dina Zidan. Zidan,1993. ISBN 978-0951811504; A Simple Translation of ...
Al-Fatiha, the first surah in the Quran. The Quran is divided into 114 surahs (chapters), and 6236 (excluding "Bismillah") or 6348 (including Bismillah") ayahs (verses). ). Chapters are arranged broadly in descending order o
For example, sources based on some archaeological data give the construction date of Masjid al-Haram, an architectural work mentioned 16 times in the Quran, as 78 AH [75] an additional finding that sheds light on the evolutionary history of the Quran mentioned, [74] which is known to continue even during the time of Hajjaj, [76] [77] in a ...
Al-Ḥijr (Arabic: الحِجْرْ, lit. 'The Stoneland') [1] is the 15th sūrah (chapter of the Quran).It has 99 āyāt (verses).. Regarding the timing and contextual background of the revelation (asbāb al-nuzūl), it is an earlier Meccan surah, received by Muhammad shortly after chapter 12, Yusuf, during his last year in Mecca.
The Quran is "the translation of a Syriac text" is how Angelika Neuwirth describes Luxenberg's thesis: "The general thesis underlying his entire book thus is that the Quran is a corpus of translations and paraphrases of original Syriac texts recited in church services as elements of a lectionary." She considers it as "an extremely pretentious ...
It is the beginning of the Hizb al-Mufassal, the seventh and the last portion . Concepts which "Qaf" deals with the Resurrection and the Day of Judgement . Regarding the timing and contextual background of the believed revelation ( asbāb al-nuzūl ), it is a " Meccan surah ", which means it is believed to have been revealed in Mecca , rather ...