(Arabic: القرآن, “recitation”). (Also spelled Koran). The sacred book of Islam, believed by Muslims to be a revelation from God. The Qur’an is divided into 114 chapters (suwar) of various lengths. Video here.

Page from a Qur‘an (surah 18). Ink and gold on vellum. Abbasid. 9th or early 10th c. Chester Beatty Library, Dublin, Ireland.