can be difficult for non-Muslims since the Qur’an abounds with
images and thoughts that are both sublime, inspiring, and beautiful, as well as (often simultaneously) mystifying, violent, and terrifying. On first reading, it may strike you as a very peculiar and upsetting—yet compelling—book. Second readings and beyond get even more interesting.
Ideally, the Qur’an should be read or listened to in the original Arabic , as it was revealed, for there is much
beauty and even greater emotional and spiritual power in its