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Rh “Kalám Ulláh," or the "Word of God," and "Al kitáb," or "the Book."

Muhammadans believe the Qurán to be the inspired Word of God sent down to the lowest heaven complete, and then revealed from time to time to the Prophet by the Angel Gabriel.

There is, however, only one distinct assertion in the Qurán of Gabriel having been the medium of inspiration, namely, Súra-i-Baqr (ii.), 91; and this occurs in a Medina Súra, revealed about seven years after the Prophet's rule had been established. In the Súra-i-Shura (xxvi.), 192, the Qurán is said to have been given by the "Ráh ul A′mín," or Faithful Spirit; and in the Súra-i-Najm (liii.), 5, Muhammad claims to have been taught by the "Shadíd-ul-Quá,"