Just curious, to the non-muslims...?

Question

which one of you non-muslims have actually read the Qur'an from cover to cover and tried to understande it.
And please, i beg you, don't write and non relating answers please. this is a serious question. i'm just curious because people on R&S always say that the Qur'an is not consistent and that it isn't peaceful etc. so i was just wondering who actually read the whole thing?

to 1saintofgod : to actually know why you're being a bully. and to the second question, many people including me and my family. and i believe in the Bible. but you tell me the author is king james? hmm

Answer 1

I haven't read it through yet... that's why I don't pick on muslims as much as those groups whose holy books I have read. Should I read it so I can pick on them more too?

Answer 2

I only made it about half way through (before I moved and happened to not have a Muslim roommate the second time around). I did try rather hard to understand it, used commentary, and found some of it quite lovely.

From what I read, I did not find it inconsistent, and while I didn't find it antithetical to peace, I did not find that I agreed with its METHODS of peace. Peace can be achieved when people with different ideas and backgrounds live together in harmony, or peace can be achieved when everyone different is subjected under the rule of one group or wiped out completely - this is the method I found prescribed in the Qur'an.

The whole, "believe x,y,z or burn in Hell" concept and the emphasis on forcing, persuading, or makings others subject to the rule of Islam is both distasteful to me and contrary to the teachings of Torah which state that any non-Jew must simply be a good person to merit a place in the world to come. Frankly, I find it more plausible that a merciful God would construct such a system over, "Belong to my secret club or burn for all eternity."

Separate from your question, I also found the argument (in the commentary I was using) that "the Qur'an is a more legitimate text because we have access to the original copy" weak. One must first give validity to that original text before its very young existence can make it an authority on anything. And, again, I'll have to say that I'll believe six million witnesses over the word of a donkey however aesthetically pleasing the text in question may be.

Answer 3

I haven't, which is why I haven't said that the Qur'an isn't consistent or peaceful. I try not to bash things I know little about.

Answer 4

I am Jewish, and I've read the whole Quran. Unfortunately, my Arabic is elementary at best, so I had to read it in English.
Some of what I have read bothered me a great deal, but I shall not dwell on it now, since you only asked whether or not people have actually read it...

Answer 5

Give me a good reason why I should. And how many Muslims have read the King James Bible from cover to cover?

Answer 6

I've read excerpts that have been on wikipedia.
I think my mother would disown me if she found me reading the Qur'an.
Shame.

Answer 7

Yes, I've read your "prophet's" book of maniacal raving.

Percentage-wise, it's more violent than the Bible (though the Bible's alleged death toll is higher).

Answer 8

I have. Its even more violent and offensive than the Bible. When you say "understand it", what you really mean is make excuses for the savagery within.

Answer 9

Not only have I never read it, I've never even seen one.

Answer 10

I have and it is consistently violent.