Quran

The central religious text of Islam, held by Muslims to be the revealed word of God, delivered over roughly twenty-two years and arranged in 114 suras.

Context: Recited before it was written; the sound of the Arabic is inseparable from the text for most readers. Page count reflects the Abdel Haleem translation (Oxford World’s Classics); these texts vary widely by edition and translation.

Why it’s on the list: A primary source Kyle has not read, on a tradition he engages mostly second-hand.

Where I saw it: Thread of Classics — a crowd-sourced Twitter thread pairing classic texts with the people recommending them. Put forward by Soliman (tweet).

Connections

• Thread of Classics — the reading list it came from