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worth a read?

>> No.15369899

read it and find out

>> No.15369917

Only if you have a decent glossed version. Without an Islamic upbringing you won't have a clue what 2/3rds of it is about unless it's got footnotes and chapter summaries.
I like Abdullah Yusuf Ali's version.

>> No.15369973

>>15369917
lol I have the Penguin version in my home I doubt that is a sufficient version. I took a middle east studies class so I have a cursory knowledge of islam, but I will definitely need the footnotes and summaries

>> No.15369978

>>15369876
yeah, start from nisa 34.

>> No.15370025

Only in Arabic

>> No.15370106

>>15369876
It's fucking trash.
It has the word density of children's book.
A book for literal retards.

Don't waste your time with that watered down bible/torah wannabe.

>> No.15370110

>>15369876

Wait.....can you read carpets? I mean...shit....have I just been walking on them my whole life, and nobody told me you can read them too?

>> No.15370400

>>15369876
Read the Sam Gerrans version. You can get a PDF of it for free, by just getting on his email list. He has a youtube channel.

Sidenote: Sam Gerrans has a bit of wacky ideas, but he's extremely knowledgeable and he's qualified to create an accurate translation.

>> No.15370408

>>15369876
No

Its 600 pages of threatening you with hell if you dont worship allah and obey mohammed.

>> No.15370410

>>15369917
Abdullah Yusuf Ali's version sucks. I hate when it contains a bunch of stuff in parenthesis.

>> No.15370419

>>15370408
It's about the length of the New Testament, so it's pretty short. And it's clearly not just that. It's extremely poetic and gives esoteric guidance in ways no other book gives. Read it again.

>> No.15370431

>>15369876
only if you're a closet homosexual and have an inferiority complex in regards whites and palejews
https://www.brighteon.com/6d4d1864-e834-4637-975f-1403cf27e8a3

>> No.15370441

>>15370419
Yeah there's a stupid story where jesus asks allah for a table so allah sends him an incorruptible table. Amazing.

>> No.15370546
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>>15370106
>Actual coherent religious narrative
>Single firsthand prophetic message that doesn't contradict itself every other page.
>Requirements to be a muslim as set out in the Quran are actually doable, without having to be ascetic autist or handwaving away half of scripture
>Quran revealed in a straight forward yet beautifully poetic style so it could be remembered and recited by a mostly illiterate population

Plus the New Testament is literally written in 6th grade level Greek, it isn't exactly high literature itself