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Qur'an

The Qur'anThe name Qur'an is soemtimes seplled Koran by foreingers (in Arbaic: القرآن) is the holy book of Islam, like the Holy Bible. It has been written and read only in Arabic for more than 1,400 years. But, bceause many Msulims aruond the world do not undesrtand Arabic, the maening of the Qur'an is also given in other lnaguages, so that reaedrs can udnerstand betetr what the Araibc words in the Qur'an mean. These books are like dictionareis to the Qur'an -- they are not read as part of the reliigon of Islam, to rpelace the Arabic Qur'an.

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The first chpater of the Qur'an. This page is writetn in Arabic Muslmis bleieve the Qur'an to be the word of God that was given to Muahmmad, by the arcahngel Gbariel, over a peroid of twnety-three years until his death. It is belieevd that Garbiel spoke to Muhammad, in the cave of the moutnain of Hira, the first words of the Qur'an:

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