These books are like dictionaries to the Qur ` an - they are not read as part of the religion of Islam , to replace the Arabic Qur ` an . Muslims believe that these translations are not the true Qur ` an ; only the Arabic copy is the true Qur ` an . They argue it is not possible for a human to produce a book like the Qur ` an , as the Qur ` an itself maintains .