Word: korans
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...Koran. The Koran (Qur'an) is the cosmic reproduction of an uncreated original preserved by Allah (God). The Book of Allah, as the original is known, was sent, according to Mohammed's teachings, by God from the seventh Heaven down to Gabriel in the first Heaven; and parts of it were on various occasions revealed to the Prophet who, in many cases, wrote down the revelations. After the death of Mohammed, the writings were collected and were called the Koran...
...Koran is then the supreme authority of Islam. Under it are many others. Mohammed said there would be 73 Moslem sects, but that only one would survive. This is authority enough for the existence of 73 sects, although the nuances which differentiate some of them are delicate in the extreme. For the purpose of clarifying the background to events which are even now taking place in Arabia, attention will be drawn to onethe Wahabite. The Wahabis are a cross between the Hanbalite and Zahirite sects or, in western parlance, the Puritans of the Church of Islam. They cling tenaciously...
...personal interpretation of the Koran and traditions (of the Prophet...
Thus the victory of Emir Ibn Saud, who knows the Koran by heart, is virtually a Puritan Revolution...
...emancipation of Turkey from the doctrines of the Koran seems to be a cardinal policy of Turkish Republicanism. First, the sale of alcoholic stimulants was permitted (TIME, Mar. 10, 1923), although the Koran forbids it; second, Turks were made monogamous by passage of a law (TIME, Aug. 18), although the Koran permits a man four wives; now, a movement is on foot to erect, at Angora, a gigantic equestrian statue of Mustafa Kemal Pasha, President of Turkey, although the Koran proscribes representation of living beings in any form whatever...