I don't speak Arabic, so I don't know if the lack of a "pronounceable" vowel after qu may also reflect the fact that native speakers of the relevant languages don't normally enunciate much of a vowel before -ran.
But I doubt that's really a significant factor. Mostly it's just a somewhat clumsy attempt to show respect for what might have been a traditional native spelling but in fact it's not. By long-standing convention, we use that latter representation, even though it "breaks the rules" for English, because there's no reasonable alternative in that particular circumstance. I wouldn't object to Quoran which has been used, though not so often. But I don't see why we should welcome a relatively new trend that runs counter to an otherwise strictly-observed aspect of English orthography, simply to represent a phonemic difference that doesn't actually exist for us Sign up to join this community.
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Style Weekly did just that, although somewhat frustratingly, the quote appears to be cut off toward the end. This does not answer your question but I would like to mention that both transliterations 'Koran' and 'Quran' exist in English at least since 19th century.
For example, F. Steingass uses both in his Arabic-English and Persian-English dictionaries. Did you read the article? It answers both your questions. In an e-mail interview, Stylebook Editor Norm Goldstein wrote: "We try to come up with a spelling that is understandable to United States readers and as close as possible to the actual pronunciation.
Somewhat similar question on English Language Learners: ell. Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. Time Traveler for Koran The first known use of Koran was circa See more words from the same year. Statistics for Koran Look-up Popularity.
Style: MLA. More Definitions for Koran. English Language Learners Definition of Koran. Kids Definition of Koran. Get Word of the Day daily email! Test Your Vocabulary. Test your visual vocabulary with our question challenge! Love words? However, on my website except when I am quoting verbatim from another source, I never use the apostrophe in such a manner.
Realistically, whether the apostrophe is present or not, I and other native English speakers unless formally trained in Arabic pronunciation cannot pronounce words like "Qur'an" the way that an Arabic speaker would. The reason I exclude the apostrophe is that for a native English speaker, its presence immediately makes the word look foreign. English is a language that has absorbed words from other language with enormous vigour. This has given it by far the largest vocabulary of any language.
In due course, I expect words like Quran, Shariah; and also various terms used in Islamic finance such as musharaka, mudaraba, takaful and ijara for example, to become normal English words, just like algebra an import from Arabic longer ago. However, this will not happen if the word contains an apostrophe, as that will always mark it as a foreign word. However, over the last few years I have noticed something. I suspect that in most cases this derives from simple ignorance; the writer is genuinely unaware that Muslim is the preferred usage instead of Moslem.
However, if the writer is unaware of that simple point, realistically they are not likely to know much about Islam, and hostility towards Islam is frequently based upon limited knowledge of it. I would like to explain the point with the benefit of an extreme analogy. Many large organisations have official style guides. I have consulted some to confirm that they concur that "Muslim" is the correct usage.
Each heading below links through to the relevant style guide.
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