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The Quran
Also known as Qur'an, Koran, The Koran
Traditional Islamic compilation
Synopsis
The central text of Islam, received in Arabic in the seventh century and learned by ear as much as by eye. Its chapters move between mercy, warning, law, and the stories of earlier prophets, in language meant to be recited aloud.
Synopses are original catalog copy written for Every Book Ever, not publisher blurbs.
Catalogue card
- Year
- 7th century
- Language
- Arabic
- Country
- Arabia
- Form
- Religious text
- Genre
- Religious
- Audience
- All ages
- Era
- Ancient
- Movement
- Scripture
- Series
- —
- Length
- About 600 pages
- Reported copies
- Often estimated above 800 million copies
- Kind
- Nonfiction