Michael's narrative is exactly what needs to be challenged

Submitted by Prashant (United States), Mar 8, 2022 at 16:46

Dear Dr Pipes, my guess is that most Muslims learn about Islam and quran from their innocent grandmothers, selfish maulvis, or resident apologists. That is why bizarre narratives about Quran get created and remain unchallenged.

One such narrative about quran is that it is most eloquent and nothing that eloquent can be created. Reader Michael presented this narrative but did not define what he meant by eloquent. Is quran eloquent because it has nice rhetoric? Or because it only presents the truth? Or because it is scientific? Or something else? Unless we know the definition of eloquence, we cannot say that quran is eloquent. To me, Quran 5:33 does not look very eloquent.

My advice to matthew: just because your grandma or a local preacher or the resident Islamic apologist called something eloquent, it does not become so. Would you please read a good translation of quran?

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