I am no expert in this field . However , I think actual philosophers don ' t give it much discussion because the whole premise is flawed as the quran is pile of dung . What is imitable ? Again there is no right answer , my take is Replications cannot happen and uniqueness has to be such that a text of the text would have to be substantially different . This may create a question of , can a text truly be imitable ? Everyone has different criterion for beauty , wonder . I enjoy landscapes more than skylines but this is not true for all . There is no empirical law and thus I would say this creates a discussion centered around subjectivity . Now tangents to the side . What is the Quran claimed to be as ? Miracle , unique , right all these do not hold up to scrutiny . Firstly , the contents within the quran have shown preexisting ideas which were likely plagiarized within to the religion . e . g noahs ark , jesus , enlil summerian creation . So what does the quran have which makes it unique ? Nothing springs to mind . It is often claimed to be imitiable and never changed , this has not been proven and nonetheless uthman burned the quran and canonised the quran itself which creates a question is the quran today fully intact and universal ? The book is riddled with linguistic and scientific errors which means that it is imitable as errors can be reproduced . The argument of imitibality for the quran also collapses in the idea of that as a result of the qurans imitiablity it is the truth . However , I can make the same case for any book ? Harry potter is great no problem no one can replicate it . The arguments which are propagated , are vague and lack any criterion for discussion probably because the other side know its a pile of shit . To summaries my two cents , No one really would give it too much weight as the whole premise is flawed . The arguments create a problem of how to quantify ? and thus becomes subjective . Also experiments can be ran but need not to showcase the ridiculous claims . What I did Made up my own verse with a distinctly different phrasing to original . 810 muslims chose my verse as ' superior '. These 8 do not represent all but highlight my argument . If the quran was truly distinct , it would be apparent to all peoples in a global context but also through time and this is just not the case .