What is the Qur'an?

Who revealed it, to whom, how it reached us, and why Muslims believe it is from God — with the theological claim and the historical evidence kept apart.

Read the Qur'an

Wherever the Qur'an appears on this site it appears in full: the original Arabic where it has been verified against a trusted mushaf, a named English translation, the surah name and number, and the verse number. Nothing is paraphrased or reconstructed. Until a verse-by-verse reader is built here, quran.com publishes verified Arabic text with licensed translations.

A reading order

If you arrived here from a search and want to keep going, this is the order that builds.

  1. 01What is the Qur'an?
  2. 02Why the Qur'an?
  3. 03How Would You Recognize Revelation?
  4. 04Can You Test a Revelation?