tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2606059139249799652.post191572580688268926..comments2023-10-10T02:44:34.457-07:00Comments on Searching for Truth: I Finished the Quran!Searching For Truthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06701696332086022554noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2606059139249799652.post-74412832717789057382008-03-02T02:11:00.000-08:002008-03-02T02:11:00.000-08:00>>Now I have to decide what to>>read next.Easy, go...>>Now I have to decide what to<BR/>>>read next.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Easy, go to page one and start again. You will find that a lot more details show up - garanteed. The Quran really does get much better with each reading - you'll see for yourself if that is true or not. <BR/><BR/>The Arabic part you miss is mostly language and makes rereading it much less of a chore, in English you'll have to work harder on meanings and word relations - and always feel free to ask the hard questions. When you see a concept explained in one Sowrah differently than in another sowrah - contrast and combine the two (or more) and also the look at the verses before and after each mention. <BR/><BR/>The important thing to understand is that there is an unbelivably large amount of "information/data" in each verse and page of the Quran - it is higly compressed and needs more attention from you as a reader than all other books you read - it's "designed" that way, even if you know perfect Arabic you'll still find lots of new details and those details will then give you new insights.<BR/><BR/>Notice the word arangments, when heaven is mentioned before hell, wealth before children, death and life - examine each for priority, and question why this word instead of that - what is emphasisized and what is vague - what is extremmly clear and easy to understand and why some things are harder to reach.<BR/><BR/>Last point, ( I do try) - there is absolutly no poetry in the Quran, nor any poetic structure - it's normal talk, a monoluge - one word after another. It just goes way beyond anything all poets could ever say.Azoozhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13950744449857086266noreply@blogger.com