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The irony is that the Quran is not written in what we know to be modern Arabic and isn't completely legible in modern Arabic so needs written commentary from 'scollars' to interpret it. It also has many words that aren't of Arabic origin. It's almost as if it's literature taken from other cultures in an era where Arabs were generally not literate.

Religions as a whole don't want the masses to analyse and interpret them because they know they'll get found out under the microscope. Muslims complain when people analyse Muhammed's biography and demand 'you can only understand Islam/Quran in Arabic'. Ctholics did the same demanding only Latin speakers have access to understanding Christianity. It's hiding their flawed religion and controlling the masses.
Agree with the second paragraph (know too little about the first one). I see it as mainly a kind of defensive strategy against 'outside' criticism as well.

And as I implied, the way pieces of theology are used in practice by different religions and their subsections is more interesting to me than what they supposedly 'really' mean.