{"slug": "quran", "label": "Quran", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quran", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q428", "qid": "Q428", "description": "foundational Islamic religious text", "entries": 6, "years": 6, "span": [610, 1579], "span_label": ["610 CE", "1579 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 6}], "also_known_as": ["Qur'an"], "related": [{"slug": "islam", "label": "Islam", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "iraq", "label": "Iraq", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "mesopotamia", "label": "Mesopotamia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "muslims", "label": "Muslims", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "zoroastrianism", "label": "Zoroastrianism", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "arabic", "label": "Arabic", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "muhammad", "label": "Muhammad", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "mecca", "label": "Mecca", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "saudi-arabia", "label": "Saudi Arabia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "prophets-and-messengers-in-islam", "label": "Prophets and messengers in Islam", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "latin", "label": "Latin", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "akbar", "label": "Akbar", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 610, "year_label": "610 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Muhammad, Islamic prophet, begins at 40 years old to preach a religion which will be called Islam. According to Islamic teachings, the angel Gabriel appears to him in a cave on Mount Hira near Mecca (Saudi Arabia) and calls him: \"The Prophet of Allah\". Muhammad gathers followers, reciting to them the first verses of Qur'an(Iqra), thus beginning the revelation of the Qur'an.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368795500#Religion", "title": "610", "revid": 1368795500, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 628, "year_label": "628 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Muhammad's letters to world leaders explain the principles of the new monotheistic Muslim faith, as they will be contained in his book, the Quran.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340803502#Religion", "title": "628", "revid": 1340803502, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 637, "year_label": "637 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "The Muslims replace Zoroastrianism with Islam in Mesopotamia (later Iraq); they do not force their conquered subjects to embrace the Islamic faith, but they do require acceptance of the Quran as the doctrine of divine teaching, and will oblige their subjects to learn Arabic (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1315736944#Religion", "title": "637", "revid": 1315736944, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 651, "year_label": "651 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "The Quran is compiled by Caliph Uthman ibn Affan in its modern-day form. The text becomes the model from which copies are made and promulgated throughout the urban centers of the Arab world.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340804418#Arabian_Caliphate", "title": "651", "revid": 1340804418, "section": "Events › By place › Arabian Caliphate"}}, {"year": 1143, "year_label": "1143 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Robert of Ketton makes the first European translation of the Qur'an for Peter the Venerable, Lex Mahumet pseudoprophete, into Latin.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1337864253#Literature", "title": "1143", "revid": 1337864253, "section": "Events › By topic › Literature"}}, {"year": 1579, "year_label": "1579 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Akbar issues a mazhar signed by the leading ulamas, putting himself as the highest religious authority, allowing him to interpret the Quran.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362792771#Date_unknown", "title": "1579", "revid": 1362792771, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}]}