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The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Qur'an or Koran [Arab.,=reading, recitation], the sacred book of Islam. Revealed by God to the Prophet Muhammad in separate revelations over the major portion of the Prophet's life at Mecca and at Medina, the Qur'an was intended as a recited text, and was not compiled as a single volume during the life of the Prophet. The establishment of the canonical text is attributed to the 3d caliph, Uthman, who appointed a committee (651-52) to reconcile the conflicting versions then available, under the direction of Zaid ibn Thabit, one of the Prophet's scribes. The internal organization of the... Read more

Sunni
...through the Prophet and laid down in the Quran, and in the accounts of Muhammad's life...demands strict adherence to the letter of the Quran and allows only limited interpretation...Shafii school allows interpretation of the Quran according to a given methodological framework... Read more

Islam
...in 610 c.e., the Prophet orally transmitted the Quran (Koran). Muslims believe the Quran was revealed from God through the archangel Gabriel...reformed Abrahamic faith. Muslims believe that the Quran corrects distortions of previous prophetic dispensations... Read more

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	QURAN'S PLACE IN MUSLIM LIFE IS KINDLING FOR FIRESTORM.(Religion)(The holy book is revered at a depth that may be hard to fathom for the non-Islamic, local Muslims report)
	Scholars say bin Laden misquoted the Quran. (Nation).(Brief Article)
	OMAN: OMANI EDITION OF QURAN PRESS CONFERENCE.

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