books.google.com - Throughout its history the Koran has presented problems of interpretation. Some scholars estimate that at least a quarter of the text is obscure in meaning, not only for Western translators but even native Arabic speakers, who struggle with the archaic vocabulary that is no longer used in modern Arabic....http://books.google.com/books/about/The_Syro_Aramaic_Reading_of_the_Koran.html?id=227GhaeKYl4C&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareThe Syro-Aramaic Reading of the Koran