Does anyone else find the Qur'ān a bit tedious and repetitive?

[CryptoSomali]

I decided that I would read the the Qur'ān in english for the first time so I can get an understanding of what it’s actually saying. Four chapters in and i’ve noticed it’s a very difficult book to read. It repeats the same phrase about the children of Israel disobeying Allah and how disbelievers will be burning in jahannam over and over and over to the point that it’s mind numbingly boring.

Another thing about it is that it’s not in chronological order so you have no idea what’s going on during these revelations and it’s not easy to keep up with

I actually find the Hadiths far more insightful than the Qur'ān when it comes to learning about Islam

What do you guys think? Serious discussion only

 

[MuslimManMe]

If you knew arabic and read the quran, you would find that it is the drink that does not stop giving and the insights and meanings are endless in any single verse.

Ill give you one example
And there came Pharaoh and those before him and the overturned with sin.
Al Haqqah, 9

Now in one reading
Its wa jaaaa firawana wa QIBLAHU wa'l MU'TAFIKATU Bil Khaatibat

This ayah means that Firawn and those who came with him and took him as a direction (Qiblahu) and they were Mu'tafikaat or overturned by virtue of their sin. Meaning they were deviated because of the sin they used to commit so that they were upside down in sin when the message came to him.

The notion of Firawn as a false qiblah (guide) is reinforced elsewhere in the Qur'an where Allah says
And ˹so˺ Pharaoh led his people astray, and did not guide ˹them rightly˺.
Taha, 79


The second reading of the same verse is
Wa Jaaa'a firawnu Wa QABLAHU wal MU'TAFIKATU Bil Khaatibat

In this reading of the same verse, after Allah discusses Ad and Thamûd's destruction, he says that then there came Firawn and Those before him (Qablahu) and The Overturned With Sin (Wal Mu'tafikatu).

In this case, the Overturned with Sin is a reference to Qawmu Lut who were Overturned as a punishment for their sin of being khanis. They were also before firawn and after Ad wa Thamûd.

So in this single ayah, you have four different meanings that are all valid and backed up elsewhere in the Qur'an.

All of this is to get you to take the lessons of the Quran seriously and implement it in your life
Sometimes you have a verse said one way here and another way there
Sometimes the complement of a verse is found 38 Surahs later (Yusuf - Ghafir)
Sometimes one verse has up to 7 meanings based on different readings.

All of this is because the Quran is not a history book or a social studies project. Its Allah's speech to invite you to him and understand some of his reality.

If you see it as tedious, its because there are veils of inexperience and skepticism that currently cover your heart.

 

[Ismail99]

I decided that I would read the the Qur'ān in english for the first time so I can get an understanding of what it’s actually saying. Four chapters in and i’ve noticed it’s a very difficult book to read. It repeats the same phrase about the children of Israel disobeying Allah and how disbelievers will be burning in jahannam over and over and over to the point that it’s mind numbingly boring.

Another thing about it is that it’s not in chronological order so you have no idea what’s going on during these revelations and it’s not easy to keep up with

I actually find the Hadiths far more insightful than the Qur'ān when it comes to learning about Islam

What do you guys think? Serious discussion only

start with Juz Camma if you find it hard

 

[MuslimManMe]

Another example
In Surah Yusuf, Allah says

And the lady, in whose house he lived, tried to seduce him. She locked the doors ˹and said, “Come to me!” He replied, “Allah is my refuge! It is ˹not right to betray˺ my master, who has taken good care of me. Indeed, the wrongdoers never succeed.”

Yusuf, 23

First, Allah says "Wa Ghallakati'l Abwab". In order to illustrate the desire she had for Yusuf, Theres a shada (stress mark) on the Lam to show that she closed the door with extreme firmness rather than casually.

And Allah sayd Abwab rather than Baab meaning she did not just close the front door, but rather closed multiple doors in a palace for a chance to sleep with this young man.

Then what you see as "Come you" has two readings. The first is Hayta Lak which is saying Come come you as though shes on the bed waiting for him. The second reading is Heeta Lak which is her saying "im here for you" or ive prepared myself for you to show that she desired him extemely and initiated it. Two subtly different displays of seduction that would naturally follow if a highly beautiful woman wanted to seduce a forbidden beautiful young man that also desired her. One phrase to convey that.

Unfortunately, as my brother @Inquisitive_ would say, brainwashuing by the europhiles has prevented many from truly delving into this miraculous speech that is the Quran

 

[Djokovic]

Read it in Arabic

 

[Awbarre]

I decided that I would read the the Qur'ān in english for the first time so I can get an understanding of what it’s actually saying. Four chapters in and i’ve noticed it’s a very difficult book to read. It repeats the same phrase about the children of Israel disobeying Allah and how disbelievers will be burning in jahannam over and over and over to the point that it’s mind numbingly boring.

Another thing about it is that it’s not in chronological order so you have no idea what’s going on during these revelations and it’s not easy to keep up with

I actually find the Hadiths far more insightful than the Qur'ān when it comes to learning about Islam

What do you guys think? Serious discussion only

Translations manifest limitations in language. As someone who understands Arabic, reading the Qur'an in Arabic is significantly more pleasurable to me than reading it in English. I wouldn't be able to read more than one page in English simply because there is no flow, no rhetorical effect and no style. It loses its splendour.