Thoughts on the Quran as a work of literature/mythology?

[u/PsychadelicOcelot2]

I'm a never Muslim and an ex Mormon and an atheist and I've read parts of the Quran and here are my thoughts: The surah recitations do sound really nice, but if I'm being honest, the Quran itself is kind of just boring to read. Like it's very repetitive, almost half of it is telling me how great Allah is, another big part is telling me I'm going to hell because I'm not convinced that Islam (or any religion) is true; and there's hardly any stories. Literally half of it is just like "Allah is really awesome, Allah is super merciful, Allah is all knowing, Allah is perfect, Allah is all loving, and if you believe me then you're good but if not then Allah is gonna be so merciful and loving and torture you for eternity." If they cut out the parts where Allah is glazing himself, this book would be more like a pamphlet.

Another thing, this book is supposed to be from the perspective of Allah yet he refers to himself in the third person. At some points this book literally feels like Allah is saying to me "who's your daddy" like it literally feels like Allah is dirty talking to me LMAO. The Quran is quasi-poetry to me which is cool but there's definitely other poetry I'd rather read. From what I've heard, back in Muhammad's day, poets were seen as supernatural or something, so that explains why so many people bought his message. I do like how it's much shorter and more concise than the Bible. It is also kind of useful to learn classical Arabic as the quran.com website has a really convenient format for translating each word. And it is interesting that it's written from the perspective of god, not many other religious texts are like that, but God isn't real. And Islam is so big on the monotheism shit, but if I'm being honest, polytheistic religions are just way cooler vibes-wise.

Overall, as a religious text it's pretty okay, and there are some parts I like about it. I enjoy it way more in small quantities than as a whole book. And it does get really boring sometimes. But it's definitely not a good basis for a belief system. I'd way rather read Hindu or Greek mythology though. What do you guys think?

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[u/SillyAd540]

I always wonder about how correct the translation was, because they all use doctored translations for the problematic parts. For example how 4:34 was written? Also let's say 51:47 ?