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The original was posted on /r/academicquran by /u/WantonReader on 2023-09-05 11:40:20.
I haven't read much of the koran but I understand the premise that it is god literally adressing the prophet muhammed, who in turn, verbatum, speaks the words.
But I am having issues understanding who or how, the koran is adressing. Most of the time, the text seems to be lika any other book, it is using an omniscient narrator or it is from the point of view of the reader. But that doesn't amke sense to me if it is god telling humans about himself.
Take the very first chapter, the opening:
"In the name of god"
"it is you who we worship"
"Guide us to the straight path"
"the path for those you have blessed"
That sounds like words from people who are adressing god. But it is supposed to be the opposite, words from god adressing people.
Am I misunderstanding something? Why is god speaking in the "role" of the listener? Why is it not just third person or even first person if he speaks about himself?