Qur'an

See also: Quran, Qu'ran, Qur'ân, and Qur'ān

English

A page of the Qur'an.

Alternative forms

• Quran, Koran
• Alcoran (obsolete)
• Alkoran, Coran (obsolete, uncommon)
• Qoran, Qor'an, Qorân (uncommon)
• Qur'ân, Qur'ān, Qurʾān, Ḳurʾān (uncommon, scholarly)
• Qurʔān (rare)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic الْقُرْآن (al-qurʔān), definite form of قُرْآن (qurʔān, “act of reciting”), verbal noun of قَرَأَ (qaraʔa, “to recite; to read (aloud)”). (The obsolete alternative spellings with "al-", like the Alcoran, redundantly retained the Arabic definite article.) Compare Classical Syriac ܩܪܝܢܐ (qeryānā, “reading; scripture”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, Canada) IPA^(key): /kəˈɹɑːn/
• (US) IPA^(key): /kəˈɹɑn/, /kəˈɹæn/, /koʊˈɹæn/, /kɔˈɹɑn/

  • Audio (Mid-Atlantic US):

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• Rhymes: -ɑːn

Proper noun

the Qur'an (plural Qur'ans)

2. (Islam) The Islamic holy book, considered by Muslims to be the word of God as revealed to Muhammad.
   • 2011 July 1, Malise Ruthven, The Guardian‎^[1]:

     In the summer of 2002, responding to the 9/11 atrocity, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill made a selection of verses from the Qur'an a mandatory text for new students.

   • 2021 April 25, John Malathronas, “Which languages are easiest – and most difficult – for native English speakers to learn?”, in CNN‎^[2]:

     Classical Arabic – the language of the Qur’an – will make you understood everywhere, but colloquial Arabic may be more useful, because once the locals start conversing with each other, you’ll lose the plot.

Coordinate terms

religious textsedit

• Bible
• Qur'an
• Tao Te Ching
• Torah
• Veda

Derived terms

• Ahle Qura
• Quran Belt
• Qur'anic
• Qur'anically
• Quranism
• Qur'anism
• Quranist
• Quranite
• Quraniyoon
• Quranize
• Quranologist
• Quran thumping

Translations

the Islamic holy book

• Abkhaz: Аҟәырҟан (Aqʷʼərqʼan)
• Afrikaans: Koran (af)
• Albanian: lutjesore (sq) f, Kur'ani m (definite), Kur'an m (indefinite)
• Amharic: ቁርአን (ḳurʾän)
• Arabic: الْقُرْآن (ar) m (al-qurʔān)

  Hijazi Arabic: القُرآن m (al-qurʔān, al-gurʔān)

• Aramaic: ܩܘܪܐܢ (qurʔan)
• Armenian: Ղուրան (hy) (Ġuran)
• Assamese: কোৰআন (küroan)
• Asturian: Corán m
• Avar: Къуръан (Qxʼurʔan)
• Azerbaijani: Qur’an, Quran (az)

  Cyrillic: Гур’ан

• Bashkir: Ҡөръән (Qörən)
• Basque: Koran
• Belarusian: Кара́н m (Karán), кара́н m (karán)
• Bengali: কুরআন (bn) (kuran), কোরআন (bn) (kōran)
• Bulgarian: Кора́н m (Korán), кора́н (bg) m (korán)
• Burmese: ကိုရမ်ကျမ်း (kuiramkyam:), ကိုရမ် (kuiram)
• Catalan: Alcorà (ca) m
• Chechen: Къуръан (Qʼurʔan)
• Chinese:

  Dungan: гўрани (gwrani), гўлан (gwlan), җин (žin)

  Mandarin: 古蘭經 / 古兰经 (zh) (Gǔlánjīng), 可蘭經 / 可兰经 (zh) (Kělánjīng)

• Chuvash: Коран (Koran)
• Crimean Tatar: Quran
• Czech: Korán (cs) m
• Danish: koran (da) c
• Dhivehi: ކީރިތި ޤުރުއާން (kīriti quruān̊), ޤުރުއާން (quruān̊)
• Dongxiang: Ghuragvan, Qida
• Dutch: de Koran (nl) m, Qoer'aan m
• Esperanto: Korano
• Estonian: Koraan (et)
• Faroese: Koranin f
• Finnish: Koraani (fi)
• French: le Coran (fr) m
• Galician: Corán (gl), Alcorán
• Georgian: ყურანი (q̇urani)
• German: Koran (de) m, Alkoran m
• Greek: Κοράνιο (el) n (Koránio)

  Byzantine Greek: Κουῥάν m (Kourhán)

• Gujarati: કુરાન n (kurān), કુરાણ n (kurāṇ), કોરઆન n (koraāna), કોરાન n (korān)
• Hausa: Alƙur'ani (ha)
• Hebrew: הקוראן (he) m (ha-kurán), קוראן / קֻרְאָן (he) m (kur'án)
• Hindi: क़ुरान m (qurān), कुरान (hi) m (kurān)
• Hungarian: Korán (hu)
• Icelandic: Kóran m
• Indonesian: Al-Qur'an (id), Al Qur'an
• Irish: An Córan m

  Middle Irish: Acurón m

• Italian: Corano m
• Japanese: クルアーン (ja) (kuruān), コーラン (ja) (kōran), コラーン (ja) (korān)
• Kabyle: Leqran m
• Kannada: ಖುರಾನ್ (khurān)
• Kanuri: Lùwùrân
• Karachay-Balkar: Къуран (Quran)
• Karakalpak: Quran
• Kashmiri: قُرآن (qurān)
• Kazakh: Құран (Qūran)
• Khmer: កូរ៉ាន (kouraan)
• Korean: 꾸란 (ko) (kkuran), 코란 (koran)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: قرعان (qir'an)

  Northern Kurdish: Qur'an (ku)

• Kyrgyz: Куран (Kuran)
• Ladino: Alcorán
• Lak: Кьуран (Qʼuran)
• Latin: Coranus m, Alcoranus m
• Latvian: Korāns (lv) m
• Lezgi: Къуръан (Q̄urʾan)
• Lithuanian: Koranas m
• Macedonian: Ку́ран m (Kúran), Ко́ран (mk) m (Kóran)
• Malay: Quran (ms), Koran
• Malayalam: ഖുർആന് (khuṟāṉ)
• Maori: korana
• Marathi: कुराण (mr) n (kurāṇ)
• Mingrelian: ყურანი (q̇urani)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Коран (Koran)

• Nepali: कुरान (ne) (kurān)
• Ngazidja Comorian: Kuräni
• Nogai: Куран (Kuran)
• Odia: କୁରାନ (kurāna)
• Ossetian: Хъуыран (Qwyran)
• Ottoman Turkish: قرآن (kur'ân)
• Pashto: قرآن (ps) m (qor'ān), قران (ps) m (qorān)
• Persian:

  Classical Persian: قُرْآن (qur'ān)

  Dari: قُرْآن (qur'ān)

  Iranian Persian: قُرْآن (ġor'ân)

• Polish: Koran (pl) m
• Portuguese: Corão (pt) m, Alcorão (pt) m
• Punjabi: ਕੁਰਾਨ (kurān)
• Romanian: Coranul m
• Russian: Кора́н (ru) m (Korán), кора́н m (korán)
• Sanskrit: कुरान् (kurān)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Куран m, Кур'ан m

  Roman: Kùrān m, Kur'an m

• Sindhi: قرآن (sd) (qrā̃)
• Sinhalese: කුරාන් (kurān)
• Slovak: Korán m
• Slovene: Koran (sl) m
• Soninke: alixuraane
• Spanish: el Corán (es) m, Alcorán m
• Swahili: Kurani (sw)
• Swedish: Koranen (sv)
• Tagalog: Qur'an
• Tajik: Қуръон (Qur'on)
• Tamil: திருக்குர்ஆன் (ta) (tirukkur’āṉ), குரான் (kurāṉ), குர்ஆன் (kur’āṉ)
• Tatar: Коръән (Qörʹän)
• Telugu: ఖోరాన్ (khōrān)
• Thai: อัลกุรอาน (th) (an-gù-rá-aan), โกหร่าน (th) (goo-ràan)
• Tibetan: ཁུ་རན་གསུང་རབ (khu ran gsung rab)
• Turkish: Kur'ân, Kuran (tr)
• Turkmen: Gurhan

  Cyrillic: Гурхан

• Ukrainian: Кора́н m (Korán), кора́н m (korán)
• Urdu: قُرْآن (ur) m (qur-ān)
• Uyghur: قۇرئان (ug) (qur'an)
• Uzbek: Qurʼon

  Cyrillic: Қуръон (Qur’on)

• Vietnamese: kinh Qur'an, kinh Koran, kinh thánh Hồi giáo
• Võro: Koraan
• Welsh: Corân
• Western Panjabi: قرآن (pnb) (qrān)
• Yakut: Коран (Koran)
• Yiddish: קאָראַן m (koran), קוראַן m (kuran)
• Yoruba: Kùránì

Noun

Qur'an (plural Qur'ans)

1. A specific version, edition, translation, or copy of one of the above-mentioned book.

Translations

a copy of the Qur'an

• Arabic: مُصْحَف m (muṣḥaf)
• Armenian: Ղուրան (hy) (Ġuran)
• Bengali: কুরআন (bn) (kuran)
• Danish: koran (da) c
• Dutch: koran (nl) m
• Esperanto: Korano
• Estonian: Koraan (et)
• Faroese: koran f
• Finnish: Koraani (fi)
• French: coran (fr) m
• German: Koran (de) m, Alkoran m
• Hebrew: קוראן / קֻרְאָן (he) (kurán)
• Hindi: क़ुरान m (qurān)
• Hungarian: Korán (hu)
• Italian: corano (it) m
• Kashmiri: قُرآن (qurān)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: قرعان (qir'an)

• Macedonian: Ку́ран m (Kúran), Ко́ран (mk) m (Kóran)
• Marathi: कुराण (mr) n (kurāṇ)
• Navajo: Kʼowʼan
• Persian: قُرآن (fa) (qor-ân)
• Polish: Koran (pl) m
• Portuguese: Alcorão (pt) m, Corão (pt) m
• Romanian: Coran (ro)
• Russian: Кора́н (ru) m (Korán), кора́н m (korán)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Куран m, Кур'ан m

  Roman: Kùrān m, Kur'an m

• Slovene: Koran (sl) m
• Spanish: el Corán m
• Swahili: Kurani (sw)
• Swedish: koran (sv)
• Urdu: قُرآن (ur) m (qur'ān)
• Võro: Koraan

See also

• sharia law

Further reading

• Qur'an on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Qur'an on Wikiquote.Wikiquote
• Qur'an on Wikisource.Wikisource

Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /qurˈʔan/ [qurˈʔan]

Proper noun

Qur'an

2. alternative form of Quran (“Qur'an”) (the Islamic holy book)

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• Alkoran
• Koran
• Kuran

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic الْقُرْآن (al-qurʔān). Doublet of Alkoran and Koran.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kuɾˈʔan/ [kʊɾˈʔan̪], /kuˈɾan/ [kʊˈɾan̪]
• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: Qur‧'an, Qu‧r'an

Proper noun

Qur'án (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜇ᜔ᜀᜈ᜔ or ᜃᜓᜇᜈ᜔) (Islam)

1. Qur'an (the Islamic holy book)

Further reading

• “Qur’an”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “Qur'an”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018.