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Illuminated frontispiece, al-Fatiha (The Opening). Iran, 15th century. Chester Beatty Library Is 1519, f.2a

In Muslim tradition the Quran is a final revelation from God, Islam’s divine text, delivered to the Prophet of Islam Muhammad, through the angel Jibril (Gabriel).

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1450
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