Status Updates From the-koran

Juz 2
Laying down rules: what one can eat, Ramadan fasting (must complete fasting later if sick, or otherwise unable to), only fighting oppressors out of defense, banning of intermarriage, divorce policies, rules of when men can have sex with their wives. Annotations say many of these rules were to preserve Muslims safety as their religion grew.

Finished 3. The Family of 'Imran & 4. Women.

Just finished 2. The Cow.

Juz 1/30; Al-Baqarah: The Cow

Reiterates stories from the Bible calls out Jews for repeatedly disobeying God and ignoring messages from Islamic prophets for false idols.

The Cow was tough to understand; internet tells me Moses called a search for a cow to solve a murder, but I don’t see it in the actual text. My book’s annotation claims it an allegory for Jesus’s death and resur., but doesn’t seem right.

I started 2025 by reading The Holy Bible from cover to cover, and as I considered what book to read to kick off 2026, I decided not to fall back into my usual habit of picking up a novel. Instead, I chose to read another religious text, and settled on The Qur’an. I’m keenly aware that this choice may provoke a reaction from some people, but I’m approaching it with an open mind.