From: djheydt@kithrup.com   
      
   In article ,   
   William Vetter   wrote:   
   >on 04/15/2015, John W Kennedy supposed :   
   >> On 2015-04-15 07:28:55 +0000, Kay Shapero said:   
   >>   
   >>> In article , mdhangton@gmail.com says...   
   >>>>   
   >>>> What's the worst you can come up with?   
   >>>   
   >>> "Book".. though come to think of it there's one of those out there,   
   >>> though the title isn't in English, and it seems to be quite popular. :)   
   >>   
   >> "The Book" actually, mediated through a language with no definite article.   
   >   
   >I think that ... Quran means readings.   
      
   Yes.  It seems an angel appeared to Muhammad and said to him,   
   "Read."  He answered, "I can't read."  (He was a camel-driver,   
   wasn't he?)  The angel repeated, "Read."  "What shall I read?"   
   "Read of God who created man from a clot of blood..." and so on.   
      
   It's rather like the story of the English poet Caedmon, as told   
   by Bede; the angel said "Sing something to me."  Caedmon said, "I   
   can't sing."  "Nevertheless, you will sing to me."  "What shall I   
   sing?"  "Sing the creation."  Which Caedmon proceeded to do, and   
   we still have the text, as quoted by Bede.   
      
   Curiously enough, both these men had their creative experience   
   around the same time, early seventh century CE.   
      
   (Maybe it was the same angel? :) )   
      
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