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The Quran, [c] also romanized Qur'an or Koran, [d] is the central religious text of Islam, believed by Muslims to be a revelation directly from God . It is organized in 114 chapters ( surah , pl. suwer ) which consist of individual verses ( āyah ).
Indonesia has a majority Muslim population, but the population is not Arabic-speaking and the Arabic letters are not usually used except in religious contexts. [1] Therefore, to read the Quran in the original Arabic, Indonesian Muslims must learn Arabic letters and the pronunciations. [ 2 ]
Musabaqah Tilawatil Quran (Internationally known as Indonesia International Quran Competition [1]) (Arabic: مسابقة تلاوة القران, literally "Quran Recitation Competition", abbreviated as MTQ) is an Indonesian Islamic religious festival held at national level, aimed at glorification of the Qur'an.
The Qur'an has been translated into most major African, Asian and European languages from Arabic. [1] Studies involving understanding, interpreting and translating the Quran can contain individual tendencies, reflections and even distortions [2] [3] caused by the region, sect, [4] education, religious ideology [5] and knowledge of the people who made them.
Muslims consider the Quran to be the verbatim word of God and the unaltered, final revelation. Alongside the Quran, Muslims also believe in previous revelations, such as the Tawrat (the Torah), the Zabur , and the Injil . They believe that Muhammad is the main and final of God's prophets, through whom the religion was completed.
The sultans declared Islam as a state religion and pursued war against each other, including on non-Muslim communities. [27] Indonesian Muslim men wearing songkok and sarong standing in salah Perlon Unggahan — a slametan ritual for ancestors of Javanese Muslims in Pekuncen, Banyumas on last Friday before Ramadan
Islam [a] is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion centered on the Quran and the teachings of Muhammad, [9] the religion's founder. Adherents of Islam are called Muslims, who are estimated to number 1.9 billion worldwide and are the world's second-largest religious population after Christians.
[57] [58] By country, Indonesia is the largest in the Muslim world, holding around 12% of all Muslims worldwide; [59] [60] with Pakistan having the second largest number of Muslims in the world after Indonesia. [61] Outside of the Muslim-majority countries, India and China are home to the largest (11%) and second-largest (2%) Muslim populations ...