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The Carter Center was to host author Garry Wells as he held a riveting discussion on the central religious text of Islam, the Quran. He challenges the audience to “reconsider” their perception of this
holy Arabic literature in this talk as well as his in latest book, "What the Quran meant and why it matters". The event was held on October 4th and took place in the Carter Center Museum Library.
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Garry Wills (born 1934) is an American author, journalist, and historian, specializing in American history, politics, and religion, especially the
history of the Catholic Church. He won a Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction in 1993. Wills has written nearly 40 books. He became a faculty member of the history department at Northwestern University in 1980, where he is currently an Emeritus Professor of History.
Quran, literally meaning "the recitation" is the central religious text of Islam, which Muslims believe to be a revelation from God (Allah). It is
widely regarded as the finest work in classical Arabic literature. The Quran is divided into chapters (surah in Arabic), which are then divided into verses (ayah). Muslims believe that the Quran was verbally revealed by God to Muhammad through the angel Gabriel (Jibril), gradually over a period of approximately 23 years, beginning on 22 December 609 CE, when Muhammad was 40, and concluding in 632, the year of his death. Muslims regard the Quran as the most important miracle of Muhammad, a proof of his prophethood, and the culmination of a series of divine messages that started with the messages revealed to Adam and ended with Muhammad.