[Serious] Time to embrace Islam!

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I’m still waiting for a @Klorophyll to address his circular argument. 😏

There is no circularity involved, you mistakenly think the holy book of Islam is just a claim, ignoring the fact that there was an unanswered challenge made by Muhammad to his followers. The book is the finest work in his language, the most prominent translation of the book [ The Koran interpreted, John Arberry] acknowledges our orthodox view that the book cannot be translated but only interpreted, hence the choice of the title.  Quote from Mr.Arberry : "It may be affirmed that within the literature of the Arabs, wide and fecund as it is both in poetry and in elevated prose, there is nothing to compare with it".

Our claim that the Qur'an is incomparable comes then from expert judgment, accurate tradition [cf. authentic hadiths according to the rules of Isnad] tells us Muhammad actually improvised the whole Qur'an. The verses came according to the particular situation Muhammad found himself in. No one can improvise a masterful piece of art no matter how good. All that aside , how can the prophet threaten all the Meccan cultural heritage with his new book *of claims*, namely by insulting their gods, knowing these guys are highly proficient with their native language, and yet receive no answer at all?

It is well known that Arab tribes were meeting at the famous Souq Okadh to announce treatises and hold poetry competitions. The latter were instrumental, together with the Qur'an, in formalizing Arabic grammar and syntax. What's expected of them is to turn his literary challenge into a joke, as was the case with anyone who dares to present himself as the brightest orator of his tribe. Pre-islamic poetry was already very sophisticated, and a fully developed system of thematic sequence.
This didn't happen with any other "holy book", the Bible we have is a collection of dubious translations where the sayings of Jesus are no longer distinguishable of what Paul might have added to them.

So the key thing here is to delve deeper into what the pre-Islamic arabia was like, in order to understand why the Qur'an is indeed miraculous in its own right, instead of lazily suspending judgement, or worse, misinformedly insulting the book, as is often the case in these forums. So there is some homework to do for the serious researcher, there are no arguments ready to be spoon-fed to people who are unwilling to rethink the stereotypes.