![]() ![]() Muslims regard the Quran as Muhammad's most important miracle a proof of his prophethood and the culmination of a series of divine messages starting with those revealed to Adam, including the Torah, the Psalms and the Gospel. Muslims believe that the Quran was orally revealed by God to the final prophet, Muhammad, through the archangel Gabriel incrementally over a period of some 23 years, beginning in the month of Ramadan, when Muhammad was 40 and concluding in 632, the year of his death. In addition to its religious significance, it is widely regarded as the finest work in Arabic literature, and has significantly influenced the Arabic language. It is organized in 114 chapters ( pl.: سور suwar, sing.: سورة sūrah), which consist of verses ( pl.: آيات ʾāyāt, sing.: آية ʾāyah, cons.: ʾāyat). The Quran ( / k ʊr ˈ ɑː n/, kuurr- AHN vocalized Arabic: اَلْقُرْآنُ, Quranic Arabic: ٱلۡقُرۡءَانُ al-Qurʾān, 'the recitation'), also romanized Qur'an or Koran, is the central religious text of Islam, believed by Muslims to be a revelation from God. For other uses, see Quran (disambiguation). This article is about the central religious text of Islam. ![]()
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