Oriental exoticism

Position in religious systems since the emergence of writing created their sacred books, which specified it was consecrated to the basics of faith. 

At the stage of its formation, have created a book and Islam.Muslims have a particularly reverent attitude to this book. The Quran should be touched only with clean hands and accept its contents with lofty sentiments. The texts of the Koran are read at the birth of the child, blessing him for a long and happy life. Escorted the deceased to the other world is also reading the Koran, especially Sura 36 (Ya-sin). Instead of a talisman carry a miniature edition of the Koran, and extract from it are considered a means of healing and protection from misfortunes.


The readers of the Koran, and especially knowing it by heart (the Turkic. Kari, are given special honor. Reading the chapters (Suras) of the Quran, we encounter a lot of praises this book as “the direct path and mercy for a people who believe” (7, 50; 16, 66), “healing and mercy to the faithful” (17, 84), “mother of the book” (13, 39; 43, 3), “great Quran (15, 87), etc. It is clear that such a characterization is in the name of Allah in the opinion of believers that exalts the Koran as the greatest sanctity and unquestioned authority.But the Koran became the object relations not only with the adherents of Islam. Many European thinkers have vouchsafed his attention to “Allah's book”, finding it not only Oriental exoticism, but also lofty sentiments and thoughts. It is enough to name Dante, Hegel, Goethe, L. N. Tolstoy.

And Pushkin, we find several poems, composed in imitation of the Koran. 

That's just one quatrain, perfectly conveys the idea of the universe according to the Qur'an:the Earth is motionless – sky arches,Creator, supported you,didn't fall on drought and vodyi not overwhelm us with himself.An even greater number of great men who were influenced by the content and style of the Qur'an, it was in the East. They knew the book in original and inspired by the ideas of Farabi, Khayyam, Hafiz, Saadi, Ibn Sina, Rumi, Navoi and others.To read and listen the Quran in reverent silence mosques and now is one of the massive, mysterious and favorite rituals in the East. By the way, visiting the mosques of big cities, notice the beautiful pattern of arabesques, running under the domes or openwork, russiausa wall. It's highly artistic paintings of craftsmen, quoting verses of the Quran. Few even of knowing the Arabic language will able to read these paintings.

The wizard cleverly weave the letters, making the thoughts of the Holy Quran. The meaning of such encryption one: to have a profound emotional impact on believers by the appearance of mysterious shapes.Great respect the Qur'an used in the circles of domestic scientists Orientalists. In the XIX-XX centuries, fruitful scientific work for the Koran were major researchers of V. F. Girgis, V. R. Rozen, and V. V. Bartold, A. E. Schmidt, A. Krymsky, I. Yu. Krachkovsky, and many others.Reckoning with the tradition of deference to the Koran, the Muslim population in the Eastern States coming into office of the elected President swear on the Koran.The Qur'an (ar. al-Kur an) – reading aloud, edification or reading (compare: the Bible that should be read or the Greek literally books), was created on the basis of the preaching of Muhammad. After his death there were several variants of the Quran.