Part of the problem, I think, is that we imagine that the Koran can be read as we usually read a book, as though we can curl up with it on a rainy afternoon with a bowl of popcorn within reach, as though God, and the Koran is entirely in the voice of God speaking to Muhammad, were just another author on the best-seller list.
Parte del problema, considero, consiste en que creemos que el Corán puede leerse de la misma forma que un libro: poniéndonos cómodos en una tarde lluviosa con un tazón de palomítas de maíz a un lado, como si Dios fuera simplemente otro autor en la lista de los más vendidos.