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Koran

Quran, Qur'an, al'Qur'an, the Holy Qur'an, Qor'an. The first term is the preferred spelling in the U.S.; in the others, the apostrophe indicates a faint glottal stop. Any of these are preferred to the anglicized "Koran" (except when used by a specific organization or in a title).


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