The Quran (from Arabic القرآن al-qurʕān, 'the recitation', [qurˈʔaːn], Persian: [ɢoɾˈʔɒːn]) (also transliterated as: Alcorán, Qurán or Korán) is the sacred book of Islam, in which it represents the word of God (in Arabic Allah, الله), revealed to Muhammad (محمد Muhammad), who is considered to have received these revelations through the archangel Gabriel (جبريل Ŷibrīl).

During the life of the prophet Muhammad, the revelations were transmitted orally or written on palm leaves, pieces of leather or bones, etc.2 At the death of the prophet, in 632, his followers They began to collect these revelations, which during the Caliphate of Uthman ibn Affan (عثمان بن عفان) took the form we know today, 114 chapters (suras, سورة), each divided into verses. (آية)

The Qur'an mentions many characters that appear in the sacred books of Judaism and Christianity (Tanakh and Bible) and in devotional literature (for example, the Apocrypha), with many differences in detail. Well-known figures from the Hebrew and Christian world such as Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, Mary of Nazareth, Jesus of Nazareth and John the Baptist are mentioned as Islamic prophets.

Muslims claim that the Quran is the "eternal and uncreated" word of God. Therefore, its transmission should take place without the slightest change in the original language, classical Arabic.4 The Quran has been translated into many languages, mainly thinking of those believers whose languages ​​are not Arabic. Even so, in the liturgy only Arabic is used, since the translation only has didactic value, as a gloss or instrument to help understand the original text. In fact, a translation of the Quran is not even considered an authentic Quran5 but an interpretation of it.