The Holy Quran, the word of Allah Almighty revealed to his final Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), forms the basis of Islam as a religion and way of life. Every Muslim should make the recitation of the Holy Quran in Arabic a mandatory part of his daily routine. Similarly some time should be allocated every day to study the translation and explanation of the Holy Quran in order to understand and practice its message. Muslims believe that the Quran was verbally revealed by God to Muhammad through the angel Gabriel ( Jibril ), [6] [7] gradually over a period of approximately 23 years, beginning on 22 December 609 CE , [8] when Muhammad was 40, and concluding in 632, the year of his death. [1] [9] [10] Muslims regard the Quran as the most important miracle of Muhammad, a proof of his prophethood, [11] and the culmination of a series of divine messages that started with the messages revealed to Adam and ended with Muhammad. The word "Quran" occurs some 70 t
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