هُوَ كَلَامُ اللَّهِ، الْمُعْجِزُ، الَّذِي تِلَاوَتُهُ عِبَادَةٌ، الْمُنَزَّلُ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ بِاللِّسَانِ الْعَرَبِيِّ بِوَاسِطَةِ الْوَحْيِ (جِبْرِيلَ)، لَفْظًا وَمَعْنًى، وَهُوَ مَا بَيْنَ الدَّفَّتَيْنِ (الْغِلَافِ الْأَمَامِيِّ وَالْخَلْفِيِّ) مِنَ الْمُصْحَفِ، الْمَنْقُولُ إِلَيْنَا بِالتَّوَاتُرِ.

It is the Kalaamullah (the speech of Allah), the inimitable/miraculous, the Tilaawah (recital) of which is an act of worship, which was revealed upon Muhammad (saw) in the Arabic language by way of the Wahi (Jibreel) in Lafzh (wording) and Ma’naa (meaning), and it is what lies between the two covers (front and back) of the Mushaf that has been transmitted to us by Mutawaatir transmission.

القرآن مشتقٌّ من الفعل قرأ. قال الله تعالى:

The Qur’aan is derived from the verb to read). Allah Ta’Aalaa said: