Qur·’an or Qur·an (k?-r?n?, -rän?, kô-, k?-)n. Variants of Koran.American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.Qur’an (k??r??n; -?ræn) n (Koran) a variant of KoranCollins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014