Quran

The Quran is the holy book of Islam. It is considered to be the work of the Prophet Muhammad (570-632), who received it in a series of revelations from God (Allah). It is composed in Classical Arabic, and is divided into 114 chapters called surah.

The Quran relates many of the same narratives that appear in the Hebrew Bible and New Testament. It includes Arabic forms of Classical Hebrew names such as Musa (Moses), Yusuf (Joseph), Dawud (David) and Maryam (Mary).

Other names inspired by the Quran are a number (traditionally said to be 99) of epithets of Allah, for example Rahman, Hamid and Karim. These are derived from Arabic vocabulary words. They are frequently prefixed with عبد ال (Abd al-) meaning "servant of", leading to names like Abd al-Karim.