Iraq: A page from an illuminated Qur'an handwritten on paper manufactured in Venice in the mid-14th century.

The zigzagged text in the margins is a continuation of the manuscript written to economize on the use of expensive imported paper.<br/><br/><br/>The zigzagged text is a continuation of the manuscript written to economize on the use of expensive imported paper. The Qur'an (literally 'the recitation') is the main religious text of Islam. Muslims also consider the original Arabic verbal text to be the final revelation of God. Muslims believe that the Qur'an was revealed from God to Muhammad through the angel Gabriel from 610 to 632 CE, the year of the Prophet's death. He also dictated it to his scribes (Muhammad is Shortly after Muhammad's death the Qur'an was established Shortly after Muhammad's death the Qur'ān was established textually into a single book form by the order of the first Caliph Abu Bakr.