ID: 901000937 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000937	Record Type: Literature

	Qurʾān (sacred text, Islam, 632)

Note: Sacred scripture of Islam and, for all Muslims, the very word of God, revealed through the agency of the archangel Gabriel to the Prophet Muhammad. According to the traditional narrative, several companions of Muhammad who served as scribes wrote down the revelations. The central theophany (divine manifestation) of Islam, is written in Arabic, which is Islam’s sacred and liturgical language. Because of Arabic’s sacred status, the Qurʾān is, strictly speaking, untranslatable, though the text has been rendered into nearly every other language.

Display Date: completed 632

Names:

	Qurʾān (sacred text, Islam, 632) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
	Quran (sacred text, Islam, 632) (English,U,N)
	Koran (sacred text, Islam, 632) (English,A,N)
	Holy Qurʾān (sacred text, Islam, 632) (English,U,P)
	al-Qurʾān al-karīm (sacred text, Islam, 632) (Arabic (transliterated),U,P)
	al-Qurʾān al-majīd (sacred text, Islam, 632) (Rabha,U,P)
	al-Qurʾān al-majīd (sacred text, Islam, 632) (Arabic (transliterated),U,P)

Hierarchical Position:

		Literature and Performing Arts (P)
		....<Named written and performed works> (P)
		........<Literary works: Philosophy, Religion> (P)
		............Qurʾān (sacred text, Islam, 632) (I)

Related Iconography:

	is source for .... Adam
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Old Testament iconography, Old Testament characters, Adam (Abrahamic religion character)) [901000219]

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... sacred text
	.....(documents by function, document genres, information forms (objects), Information Forms (hierarchy name), Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	culture/religion is .... Islam
	.....(Abrahamic religions, religions (belief systems, cultures), religions and religious concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	language is .... Arabic (language)
	.....(temporary alphabetical list: languages and writing systems, languages and writing systems by specific type, languages and writing systems, language-related concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Qurʾān (sacred text, Islam, 632)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	................Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-)
	Quran (sacred text, Islam, 632)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	Koran (sacred text, Islam, 632)
	................J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	Holy Qurʾān (sacred text, Islam, 632)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	al-Qurʾān al-karīm (sacred text, Islam, 632)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	al-Qurʾān al-majīd (sacred text, Islam, 632)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)