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**agracias** · 07-07-2011, 07:21 AM

I don't think I have ever heard a Muslim say that he likes Song of Solomon before. Certainly, as an allegory, it is beautiful. Taken literally, it is quite racy.

Did you mean Psalms and Proverbs?

Yeah, it can be racy if taken literally, but of course it's not really meant to be taken literally (although it is fun to read it that way

); most Biblical authorities take it as an allegory of one's relationship with Allah (ie the lover and the loved), similar to sufi poetry you find.

07-07-2011, 07:21 AM	#15
agracias Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 391 Senior Member	I don't think I have ever heard a Muslim say that he likes Song of Solomon before. Certainly, as an allegory, it is beautiful. Taken literally, it is quite racy. Did you mean Psalms and Proverbs? Yeah, it can be racy if taken literally, but of course it's not really meant to be taken literally (although it is fun to read it that way ); most Biblical authorities take it as an allegory of one's relationship with Allah (ie the lover and the loved), similar to sufi poetry you find.
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