القرآن

Arabic

Al-Fatiha, the Opening Sura.

Etymology

• From Classical Syriac ܩܪܝܢܐ (qeryānā, “reading; holy scripture”).
• From the root ق ر ء (q-r-ʔ), from قِرَاءَة (qirāʔa, “reading, recitation”), from قَرَأَ (qaraʔa, “to declaim, to recite”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /al.qur.ʔaːn/

Proper noun

الْقُرْآن • (al-qurʔān) m

1. the Qur’an

Declension

Declension of noun الْقُرْآن (al-qurʔān)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	الْقُرْآن al-qurʔān	—
Nominative	—	الْقُرْآنُ al-qurʔānu	—
Accusative	—	الْقُرْآنَ al-qurʔāna	—
Genitive	—	الْقُرْآنِ al-qurʔāni	—

Derived terms

• قُرْآنِيّ (qurʔāniyy)

Related terms

• تَوْرَاة (tawrāh, “the Torah”)
• زَبُور (zabūr, “the Psalms”)
• إِنْجِيل (ʔinjīl, “the Gospel”)
• الْكِتَاب الْمُقَدَّس (al-kitāb al-muqaddas, “the Bible”)
  • الْعَهْد الْقَدِيم (al-ʕahd al-qadīm, “the Old Testament”)
  • الْعَهْد الْجَدِيد (al-ʕahd al-jadīd, “the New Testament”)

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “قرء”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN