The Quraan is a central, sacred reality of Islam. It is for Muslims, the verbatim word of Allah and it corresponds to Christ. It is sacred in the same way that Christ in Christianity is sacred. Everything about Him is sacred--His body, even His robe, His voice, His word, and His Spirit. In that way everything about the Quraan is sacred for Muslims. There is the physical Quraan that they carry. The calligraphy which writes the word. Of course the sonorous aspect is significant--the chanting of the Quraan--because the Quraan was first revealed through sound. The Prophet heard it. And then, of course, the content and the ideas and the teachings...
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