Okay. I read this version because I don't understand Arabic. I don't know if I am missing something by not being able to understand it and reading a translation, but hey whatever. I have several issues with this book, but the main one is that although it knows of the Creation Story, Adam and Eve and all of that Genesis stuff, it jumps around from one focus to another. One chapter talks about Abraham, the next might talk about Jesus, then it goes back to the Fall and how we left the Garden of Eden. It doesn't really have a great amount of cohesion to it. Since it talks of Biblical Characters, the only relation I can come up with is The Bible. In that sense, the Bible is far superior. At least the Bible is Chronological or ordered in a way that I can understand.

I don't know why it is like this. It seriously irks me. Then there are the chapter titles. Chapter one is called Introduction, the next chapter is called "The Cow." It didn't have much to do with a cow. One of the chapters is called "The Bee." In it, they mention bees once. Interspersed throughout the book are edicts from Allah about giving to the poor and how he made it so that the unbelievers wouldn't convert and be saved. I am sure there is more to it, but every few chapters talks about how Allah's wrath is great and how his forgiveness is also great.

Then there is the dialogue. I am sure that something is lost in translation here, but I didn't know who was talking half the time. They make use of a great deal of Pronouns, which is weird because 'Allah' is used thousands of times in this book. It seems that they could have put Proper Names in, but no.

So all in all it was okay. I don't really feel like reading it again. ( )