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Can non muslims read the quran?

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Yes; the Quran is addressed to all humanity, and Muslims actively encourage non-Muslims to read it.

Non-Muslims can read the Quran, and Muslims encourage them to. The Quran presents itself as God’s message to all of humanity, and much of it is addressed directly to people who do not yet believe. Muslim writers give several reasons a non-Muslim might want to read it: it openly challenges anyone to produce a book like it, a challenge Muslims say has stood for fourteen centuries; it has remained unchanged since its revelation; Muslims hold it to be God’s final revelation after the Torah, Psalms and Gospel; and its statements about history and the natural world invite scrutiny. Translations of its meaning are available in most languages and are freely given away. Reading it is the most direct way to judge Islam by its own source. The article “Seven Reasons to Read the Glorious Quran” makes the case briefly.

7 Reasons to Read the Glorious Qur'an (English) سبعة أسباب للإقبال على القرآن الكريم ( إنجليزي ) http://www.islamland.com 1. Inimitable It dares you to disprove it. How? It says that humans cannot write a book like this even if they pooled all their resources together and got help also from the spirits. The Qur'an said
From Seven Reasons to Read the Glorious Quran — IslamHouse.com. Reproduced with attribution.

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