Category:The Koran

The Qur’ān ^[1] (Template:Lang-ar;Template:ArabDIN, literally "the recitation"; also sometimes transliterated as Quran, Koran, or Al-Qur'an) 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 text in its original Arabic to be the literal word of God,^[2] revealed to Muhammad over a period of twenty-three years^[3][4] and view the Qur'an as God's final revelation to humanity.^[5][6]

Muslims regard the Qur'ān as the culmination of a series of divine messages that started with those revealed to Adam — regarded, in Islam, as the first prophet — and including the Suhuf-i-Ibrahim (Scrolls of Abraham),^[7] the Tawrat (Torah),^[8][9] the Zabur (Psalms),^[10][11] and the Injil (Gospel).^[12][13][14] The aforementioned books are recognized in the Qur'ān,^[15][16] and the Qur'anic text assumes familiarity^[17] with many events from Jewish and Christian scriptures, retelling some of these events in distinctive ways, and referring obliquely to others. It rarely offers detailed accounts of historical events; the Qur'an's emphasis is typically on the moral significance of an event, rather than its narrative sequence. Details to historical events are contained within the Hadith of Muhammad and the narrations of Muhammad's Companions (Sahabah).

The Qur'anic text itself proclaims a divine protection of its message: Surely We have revealed the Reminder and We will most surely be its guardian.^[18][19]