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'''The Qur’an'''[1] (Arabic: القرآن‎ al-qur’ān, literally “the recitation”; also sometimes transliterated as Quran, Qur’ān, Koran, Alcoran or Al-Qur’ān) is the central religious [[text]] of [[Islam]]. Muslims believe the Qur’an to be the [[book]] of [[divine]] [[guidance]] and direction for mankind, and consider the original Arabic text to be the final [[revelation]] of [[God]].[2][3][4][5]

'''The Qur’an'''[1] (Arabic: القرآن‎ al-qur’ān, literally “the recitation”; also sometimes transliterated as Quran, Qur’ān, Koran, Alcoran or Al-Qur’ān) is the central religious [[text]] of [[Islam]]. Muslims believe the Qur’an to be the [[book]] of [[divine]] [[guidance]] and direction for mankind, and consider the original Arabic text to be the final [[revelation]] of [[God]].[2][3][4][5]

Islam holds that the Qur’an was revealed to Muhammad by the [[angel]] Jibrīl ([[Gabriel]]) over a period of approximately twenty-three years, beginning in 610 CE, when he was forty, and concluding in 632 CE, the year of his death.[2][6][7] Followers of Islam further believe that the Qur’an was written down by Muhammad's companions while he was alive, although the primary method of transmission was [[oral]]. Muslim [[tradition]] agrees that it was fixed in writing shortly after Muhammad's death by order of the caliphs [[Abu Bakr]] and [[Umar]][8], and that their orders began a [[process]] of formalization of the orally transmitted text that was completed under their successor Uthman with the standard edition known as the "Uthmanic recension."[9] The present form of the Qur’an is accepted by most scholars as the original version authored or dictated by Muhammad.[10]

Islam holds that the Qur’an was revealed to Muhammad by the [[angel]] Jibrīl ([[Gabriel]]) over a period of approximately twenty-three years, beginning in 610 CE, when he was forty, and concluding in 632 CE, the year of his death.[2][6][7] Followers of Islam further believe that the Qur’an was written down by Muhammad's companions while he was alive, although the primary method of transmission was [[oral]]. Muslim [[tradition]] agrees that it was fixed in writing shortly after Muhammad's death by order of the caliphs [[Abu Bakr]] and [[Umar]][8], and that their orders began a [[process]] of formalization of the orally transmitted text that was completed under their successor Uthman with the standard edition known as the "Uthmanic recension."[9] The present form of the Qur’an is accepted by most scholars as the original version authored or dictated by Muhammad.[10]

Muslims regard the Qur’an as the main [[miracle]] of Muhammad, as [[proof]] of his [[prophet]]hood,[11] and as the culmination of a series of [[divine]] messages. These started, according to Islamic [[belief]], with the messages revealed to [[Adam]], regarded in Islam as the first prophet, and continued with the Suhuf Ibrahim (Sefer Yetzirah or Scrolls of Abraham),[12] the Tawrat ([[Torah]] or [[Pentateuch]]),[13][14] the Zabur (Tehillim or [[Book of Psalms]]),[15][16] and the Injeel (Christian [[Gospel]]).[17][18][19] The Qur'an assumes familiarity with major [[narratives]] recounted in [[Jewish]] and [[Christian]] [[scriptures]], summarizing some, dwelling at length on others, and, in some cases, presenting alternative accounts and interpretations of events.[20][21][22]. The Qur'an describes itself as book of guidance. It rarely offers detailed accounts of specific historical [[events]], and often emphasizes the moral significance of an event over its [[narrative]] sequence.[23]

Muslims regard the Qur’an as the main [[miracle]] of Muhammad, as [[proof]] of his [[prophet]]hood,[11] and as the culmination of a series of [[divine]] messages. These started, according to Islamic [[belief]], with the messages revealed to [[Adam]], regarded in Islam as the first prophet, and continued with the Suhuf Ibrahim (Sefer Yetzirah or Scrolls of Abraham),[12] the Tawrat ([[Torah]] or [[Pentateuch]]),[13][14] the Zabur (Tehillim or [[Book of Psalms]]),[15][16] and the Injeel (Christian [[Gospel]]).[17][18][19] The Qur'an assumes familiarity with major [[narratives]] recounted in [[Jewish]] and [[Christian]] [[scriptures]], summarizing some, dwelling at length on others, and, in some cases, presenting alternative accounts and interpretations of events.[20][21][22]. The Qur'an describes itself as book of guidance. It rarely offers detailed accounts of specific historical [[events]], and often emphasizes the moral significance of an event over its [[narrative]] sequence.[23]