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The Koran (or Quran) is written in Arabic and its 80,000 or so words are divided into 114 chapters (suras) and between 6,200 and 6240 verses. The Koran contains about 275 words of Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Ethiopic, Persian or Greek origin, that presumably were adopted as Arabic words before being incorporated into the Koran. Depending on belief, the Koran was written in heaven at the time of creation and dictated to the Prophet Muhammad, or Muhammad began to develop and dictate the Koran tradition and continued up until his death in 632 CE. Tradition holds that the early suras were memorised, rather than being written down in full, with memory prompts written on stones, palm leaves and so on.
After Muhammad's death, many of his followers tried to gather all the known revelations and write them down in codex form. Soon there were codices of several scholars and there were variants known as the Metropolitan Codices in Mecca, Medina, Damascus, Kufa and Basra. Uthman tried to bring order to this chaotic situation by canonising the Medinan Codex and ordering the others destroyed.
Difficulties in the early consonantal Arabic text meant that certain letters were indistinguishable and there were no signs for short vowels. This led to thousands of different readings of particular verses. Tradition says that Uthman approved a revision to resolve these ambiguities. This must have been completed between 650 and Uthman's death in 656 CE. Even this version had many interpretations, again due to the early Arabic text.
In the end, three systems prevailed, those of Warsh (died 812) from Nafi of Medina, Hafs (died 805) from Asim of Kufa, and al-Duri (died 860) from Abu Amr of Basr.
Two versions seem to be in modern use: that of Asim of Kufa through Hafs, which was adopted in the Egyptian edition of the Koran in 1924, and that of Nafi through Warsh, which is used in parts of Africa other than Egypt.
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∙ 14y agoIt is only one Quran. Quran may be spelled Qura'n, Quraan, Kuran, Kuraan, Kura'n, Koran, Koraan, or Koran.
Quran was completed only once by end of Quran revelation by God. God revelation of Quran, the Muslim holy book, through the Angel Gabriel to prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) started in year 610 AD and continued until year 632 AD (year of prophet Muhammad death). So, the Quran completion date is in year 632 AD. It was memorized by heart by many Muslims and recited almost daily during praying in time of the prophet and after till the current moment. this explains why Quran is the only holy book that is still read and recited with the same original (revelation) language without single letter change by millions and millions of Muslims since the seventh century.Quran was written in life of prophet Muhammad. Quran was collected together, according to the order and form known in life of the prophet, by the 1st Caliph after prophet death (Abou Bakr).
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What was first the Old Testament or the koran?
The OT was first, followed by the NT. The Koran was not written until 600 years after Christ.
What language is written in the The koran and holy book?
The Koran is written in Arabic.
Was the Koran written by Mouhammed?
no
Are the first thirteen chapters of the Koran copies of the Old Testament?
No. The Old Testament is written in the form of a narrative, while the Koran consists of lessons and commands, without any chronological basis. Moreover, the chapters or surah in the Koran are not placed in the order in which they were first written or revealed, but by size, with the smallest chapters last. The Koran does show apparent evidence of having been based on the Bible, but the style and wording are completely different.
What is the order of the Koran?
Some scholars define chapters of the Koran according to those written or revealed in Mecca (the early, Mecca period) and those written or revealed in Medina (the Medina period). The chapters of the Koran are now placed in descending order by size, regardless of when each chapter was first written or revealed. Although the Koran was never intended to be read as a narrative, in the style of the Bible, this reordering makes the Koran somewhat more difficult to read unless the reader is aware of how the chapters are ordered.
How is the writing in the Koran?
its written in Arabic
When was the holy Koran written?
on the shabe kadder
What has the author Bill Koran written?
Bill Koran has written: 'Energy Edge Thriftway Market simulation tuning' -- subject(s): Energy Edge
What has the author Anwar Hekmat written?
Anwar Hekmat has written: 'Women and the Koran' -- subject(s): Women in the Koran, Women in Islam, Muslim women
What has the author Mohammad Ahmad written?
Mohammad Ahmad has written: 'The Koran ='
Do the Jews follow the Koran?
It is understandable if you believe the origins of Judaism are to be found in the Koran, as Islamic religious leaders claim that the first people on earth were Muslims. However, this is not the case, regardless of how we read the scriptures of each religion in turn.Islam was founded, and the Koran written, in the seventh century CE. The origins of Islam and therefore of the Koran, are to be found in the religions of Judaism and Christianity.
What has the author Adel M A Abbas written?
Adel M. A. Abbas has written: 'His throne was on water' -- subject(s): Evidences, authority, Koran, Koran and science
