Editing Quran (section)

=== In worship ===
{{See also|Salah}}
Surah [[Al-Fatiha]], the first chapter of the Quran, is recited in full in every [[Rak'a|rakat]] of [[salah]] and on other occasions. This sura, which consists of seven verses, is the most often recited surah of the Quran:<ref name=Britannica />
[[File:Jemaah salat tarawih.jpg|thumb|While standing in prayers, worshipers recite the first chapter of the Quran, [[al-Fatiha]], followed by any other section]]
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{{Verse translation | lang = ar | italicsoff = yes | rtl1 = yes
|{{Script|Arab|بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ
ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
مَٰلِكِ يَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ
إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ وَإِيَّاكَ نَسْتَعِينُ
ٱهْدِنَا ٱلصِّرَٰطَ ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمَ
صِرَٰطَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ غَيْرِ ٱلْمَغْضُوبِ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا ٱلضَّآلِّينَ}}
|In the Name of Allah the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.
[All] praise is [due] to Allah, Lord of the worlds —
The Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful,
Sovereign of the Day of Recompense.
It is You we worship and You we ask for help
Guide us to the straight path—
The path of those upon whom You have bestowed favor, not of those who have evoked [Your] anger or of those who are astray.|attr1={{qref|1|1-7|b=y}}|attr2=''[[Sahih International]]'' English translation
}}

Other sections of the Quran of choice are also read in daily prayers. Sura [[Al-Ikhlāṣ]] is second in frequency of Quran recitation, for according to many early authorities, [[Muhammad]] said that ''Ikhlāṣ'' is equivalent to one-third of the whole Quran.<ref>[[Seyyed Hossein Nasr]] (2015), ''The Study Quran'', HarperCollins, p. 1578.</ref>

{{Verse translation | lang = ar | italicsoff = yes | rtl1 = yes
|{{Script|Arab|
قُلۡ هُوَ ٱللَّهُ أَحَدٌ
ٱللَّهُ ٱلصَّمَدُ
لَمۡ یَلِدۡ وَلَمۡ یُولَدۡ
وَلَمۡ یَكُن لَّهُۥ كُفُوًا أَحَدُۢ 
}}
|Say, ˹O Prophet,˺ "He is God—One ˹and Indivisible˺;
God—the Sustainer ˹needed by all˺.
He has never had offspring, nor was He born.
And there is none comparable to Him."
|attr1= Surah Al-Ikhlāṣ {{qref|112|1-4}} | attr2=''[[The Clear Quran]]'' English translation
}}

Respect for the written text of the Quran is an important element of religious faith by many Muslims, and the Quran is treated with reverence. Based on tradition and a literal interpretation of Quran {{qref|56|79|pl=y}} ("none shall touch but those who are clean"), some Muslims believe that they must perform a ritual cleansing with water ([[wudu]] or [[ghusl]]) before touching a copy of the Quran, although this view is not universal.<ref name=Britannica />

Worn-out and old copies of the Quran are wrapped in a cloth and stored indefinitely in a safe place, buried in a mosque or a Muslim cemetery, or burned and the ashes buried or scattered over water.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/explainer/2012/02/afghan_quran_burning_protests_what_s_the_right_way_to_dispose_of_a_quran_.html|title=Afghan Quran-burning protests: What's the right way to dispose of a Quran?|website=Slate Magazine|date=22 February 2012}}</ref> While praying, the Quran is only recited in Arabic.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Street |first=Brian V. |author-link=Brian V. Street |title=Literacy and Development: Ethnographic Perspectives |date=2001 |page=193}}</ref>

In Islam, most intellectual disciplines, including Islamic theology, [[Islamic philosophy|philosophy]], [[Sufism|mysticism]] and [[Fiqh|jurisprudence]], have been concerned with the Quran or have their foundation in its teachings.<ref name=Britannica /> Muslims believe that the preaching or reading of the Quran is rewarded with divine rewards variously called {{Transliteration|ar|ajr}}, ''[[thawab]]'', or {{Transliteration|ar|hasanat}}.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Sengers |first1=Erik|title=Dutch and Their Gods|date=2005|page=129}}</ref>