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Criticism of Islam's holy book

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Although the Quranic text is in Arabic, there are many words with roots in other Semitic languages and non-Semitic languages, the former words are difficult to distinguish due to common linguistic etymology . According to Rippin, more than 300 words in the Quran are borrowed from Hebrew, Syriac, Aramaic, Nabataean, Persian, Coptic, Latin, ancient Greek and Utopian.

From ancient Greek

Arabic: مجوس, romanized: Majus: From Majus (22.17)
Arabic: قسطاس, romanized: Kystas: From Kerykes (26.182)

From ancient Roman

Arabic: قصر, romanized: Qasr: From castrum (22.45)
Arabic: بلد, romanized: Balad: From Palatium (90)
Arabic: صراط, romanized: Sirat: From strata (1.5)
Arabic: عتیق, romanized: Atiq: From antiquus (22.33)
Arabic: قنطار, romanized: Qentar: From centenarium (3.75)
Arabic: أنجیل, romanized: Engil: From Evangelion (57.27)
Arabic: دینار, romanized: Dinar: From Denarius (3.75)

From ancient Persian

Arabic: فردوس, romanized: Ferdows: From Persian: پردیس, romanized: Paradis meaning Paradise (23.11)

From ancient Turkic

Arabic: غلام, romanized: Gholam: From Uzbek: Qulam meaning lad (19.20)

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