بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيم
The Al-Quran (Arabic: القرآن, lit. ’the recitation’) is the central religious text of Islam, believed by Muslims to be a revelation from God. It is organized in 114 chapters (surah (سور; singular: سورة, sūrah)), which consist of verses (āyāt (آيات; singular: آية, āyah)).
Muslims believe that God orally revealed the Quran to the final prophet, Muhammad s.a.w., through the archangel Gabriel (Jibril a.s.), incrementally over a period of some 23 years, beginning in the month of Ramadan, when Muhammad s.a.w. was 40; and concluding in 632, the year of his passing. Muslims regard the Al-Quran as Muhammad s.a.w.’s most important miracle, proof of his prophethood, and the culmination of a series of divine messages starting with those revealed to Adam a.s., including the Tawrah (Torah), the Zabur (Psalms) and the Injil (Gospel). The word Al-Quran occurs some 70 times in the text itself.
Muslims believe the Al-Quran to be not simply divinely inspired, but the literal word of God and not Muhammad s.a.w did not write it as he did not know how to write.