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RE: Unfiltered Wisdom -- the Persian Poet Saadi
You are really in a spiritual mood lately :) My reading of the Quran is going in a very slow pace. It is like reading a Bible that is only composed of the letters of Paulus. Reading the Sufi poetry is a release.
I've been down that road too, reading the Qu'ran is a long haul with a lot of repetition. There are some great verses scattered throughout, I always liked this one:
My main takeaway from the Qu'ran was that it united a brutal tribal society in a brotherhood based on the belief in an Omnipotent God, and clarified the excesses of Christian theology as it relates to monotheism.
I've been thinking of doing some posts on the subject of God in the sacred writings, and if I do, then I'll be sharing some from the Qu'ran.
I'll upvote your comment later when my VP is back.
It has helped me that you once wrote that the Mekka parts where more interesting than the Medina ones. I am reading it in the Cairo version where the chapters are organised after length, and the Medina verses are the longest ones.
Right, in the early days after he got his revelation, it was a very difficult period for him. He and his few followers endured a lot of persecution and hardship. Faith gave them sustenance, and there was an emphasis on virtue.
In Medina he was a spiritual leader and a military leader -- long story short, the Mecca portion is indeed much more appealing to me.
Yes, the person who is talking to God and the person who is organising the birth of a religion is two different things. I love the wild images of the prophesies, the direct essense of talking to God, but am reluctant when reading all the petty instructions.