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Korân

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or, with the article, Al-Korân [the Reading]. The religious, social, civil, commercial, military, and legal code of Islam. It is rather remarkable that we call our Bible the writing (Scripture), but the Arabs call their Bible the reading (Koràn). We are told to believe that portions of this book were communicated to the prophet at Mecca and Mediʹna by the angel Gabriel, with the sound of bells.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Knox’s Croft
Knuckle-duster
Knuckle Under (To)
Kobold
Kochlani
Koh-i-Nûr [Mountain of light]
Kohol or Kohl
Koli or the Kolis
Konx Ompax
Koppa
Korân
Korrigans
Koumiss or Kumiss
Kraal
Kraken
Kratim
Kremlin (The)
Krems White
Kreuzer (pron. kroit-zer)
Kriemhild
Krishna (the black one)

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Korân