Koran
Mosque's sacred text
The Koran is the sacred text of Islam, believed by Muslims to be the word of God as revealed to the Prophet Muhammad.
Also spelled Quran, which more closely reflects the Arabic.
The book comprises 114 chapters (suras) covering theology, law, and moral guidance.
She reads a passage from the Koran each morning.
Address to deity
- worshipReligious reverence and praise
- salatIslamic obligatory prayer
- pietySincere religious devotion
- faithTrust without proof
believer · spirituality · blessing · reverence · sacred · divine · holy · sanctified
Quranic divisions
- versesLines of poetry
- revelationSurprising disclosed truth
- textWritten or printed words
- manuscriptOriginal text before publication
chapters · juz · codex · scripture · holy book · passages · writings · canon
Complete Quran memorizer
- chantingRhythmic repetitive vocalization
- memorizationCommitting information to recall
- cadenceRhythmic pulse or pattern
- intonationPitch variation in speech
melody · pronunciation · rhythm · voice · oral tradition
- MeccaIslam's most sacred city
- MedinaSacred Arabian burial site
- revelationSurprising disclosed truth
- HadithProphetic tradition collection
Sunnah · messenger · Gabriel · prophethood · biography · companions
Muslim religious legal code
- jurisprudencePhilosophy governing legal systems
- ijmaUnanimous juristic agreement
- rulingsAuthoritative decisions on matters
- halalPermitted under Islamic law
haram · commandments · ethics · morality · precepts · guidance · principles · teachings
Critical textual interpretation
- commentaryExplanatory remarks on events
- hermeneuticsStudy of interpretation methods
- scholarsExperts in a field
- meaningWhat something signifies
translation · understanding · context · analysis · explanation · annotation · study
prayer
Address to deity
faith · believer · spirituality · blessing · reverence · sacred · divine · holy · sanctified · recitation
surahs
Quranic divisions
- versesLines of poetry
- revelationSurprising disclosed truth
- textWritten or printed words
manuscript · chapters · juz · codex · scripture · holy book · passages · writings · canon
hafiz
Complete Quran memorizer
- chantingRhythmic repetitive vocalization
- memorizationCommitting information to recall
- cadenceRhythmic pulse or pattern
intonation · melody · pronunciation · rhythm · voice · oral tradition
Muhammad
- MeccaIslam's most sacred city
- MedinaSacred Arabian burial site
- revelationSurprising disclosed truth
Hadith · Sunnah · messenger · Gabriel · prophethood · biography · companions
Sharia
Muslim religious legal code
- jurisprudencePhilosophy governing legal systems
- ijmaUnanimous juristic agreement
- rulingsAuthoritative decisions on matters
halal · haram · commandments · ethics · morality · precepts · guidance · principles · teachings · doctrine
exegesis
Critical textual interpretation
- commentaryExplanatory remarks on events
- hermeneuticsStudy of interpretation methods
- scholarsExperts in a field
meaning · translation · understanding · context · analysis · explanation · annotation · study
- religious textsBible, scriptures, Bible translations, Gospels, Torah
- Abrahamic faithsJudaism, Christianity, Islam, Abraham, God
- ancient textsscrolls, scroll, Euclid's Elements, Epic of Gilgamesh, codex
- holy textsBible, Torah, Tanakh, Old Testament, New Testament
- sacred objectsrelic, relics, reliquaries, reliquary, holy relic
- sacred textsBible, Vedas, Upanishads, Torah, Bhagavad Gita
KoranBible
Christian sacred writings
New Testament · Torah · Old Testament · Tanakh · Vedas