books.google.com - The Koran, as N. J. Dawood states, is 'not only one of the most influential books of prophetic literature but also a literary masterpiece in its own right. Universally accepted by Muslims to be the infallible Word of God as revealed to Mohammed by the Angel Gabriel nearly fourteen hundred years ago,...http://books.google.com/books/about/The_Koran.html?id=J2kdS2Aa328C&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareThe Koran