On every Koran, there is an image of the black stone in Mecca. In Islam, the Muslims are told to kiss the book.

The Koran (Qur’an) is the central religious text of Islam. Muslims believe the Koran is the book of divine guidance and direction for mankind, and consider the original Arabic text to be the final revelation of God.

Islam holds that the Koran was revealed to Muhammad by the angel Jibrīl (Gabriel) over a period of approximately twenty-three years, beginning in 610 A.D, when he was forty, and concluding in 632 A.D the year of his death.

Followers of Islam further believe that the Koran was written down by Muhammad’s companions after every revelation dictated by Muhammad himself. Most of the Muhammad’s companions learnt it by heart and also had it in written form while he was alive.

Muslim tradition agrees that it was established in single book…