The Koran: anything special about this book linguistically?

Question

I'm learning Arabic right now, and the Arabs seem to all hold this book in high regard. Obviously, many for merely religious reasons. However, I've found numerous people that reference it as some sort of perfected grammar. Is there any reason, linguistically, to hold this book in such high regard? Aside from its mythological value.

Answer 1

The Qur'an lays the foundation for Classical Arabic grammar and vocabulary, which itself serves as the foundation for Modern Standard Arabic (MSA), the form of Arabic used in news, literature, and academia. In a comparative cultural/historic context the Qur'an is at least to the Arabic Language what the King James Bible is to the English language, if not perhaps more.