Where does “Qur'an” come from?
Qur'an comes from Arabic al-Qur'ān, from Arabic Qur'ān, from Arabic qirāʾa (recitation), from Arabic qarāʾa (to read or recite).
Qur'an (English): A specific version, edition, translation, or copy...
Definitions
- A specific version, edition, translation, or copy...
Ancestry of “Qur'an”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arabic | الْقُرْآن | the Qur'an; Qur'an |
| 2 | Arabic | قُرْآن | act of reciting; recitation |
| 3 | Arabic | اَلْقُرْآن | — |
| 4 | Arabic | قِرَاءَة | reading, recitation |
| 5 | Arabic | قَرَأَ | to read; to recite; to read; to declaim, to... |