07: Name and Size of the Quran | Intro to Quran for Non-Muslims

The word Quran, according to the most popular opinion, simply means “something that is read” or “recitation”. The actual proper title of the Old Testament or Tanakh was “Miqra”, which you guessed it, also simply means recitation.
The size of the Quran is a little less than 80,000 words – the size of a typical novel.