The Devil's Quran

Interesting read

This was the first of the texts I picked up from Martinet Press, almost a year ago. Definitely one of the few books in my occult career, almost the last decade now, that has caused a *physical reaction* in me, just while reading it. My initial reading of TDQ (The Devil's Quran), at a few points, caused my stomach to drop (in a very good way). When something like that occurs, I take it as a sign that *this book/media* is the REAL DEAL.There is no flowery humanistic, "hippie Satanism" here - no hope for a better world nonsense; the Diablous is here, here to stay, and It is ready to fill our lungs with the pestilence that walks by night...TDQ is absolutely aware of what it promotes, advocates, and flies high on it's dust-whipped and putrescent banner; a very real Devotion to the Endless Darkness, the Strength in one's Belief, real-world practices (as is a staple of all, REAL, Left Hand Path practitioners), subterfuge and, essentially, spiritual espionage ("hiding in plain sight"), amongst our opponents (as wolves in sheep's skins....).And, while primarily geared against our Islamic opponents, this doesn't mean that any other type of Adversarial/Satanic practitioners c/wouldn't gain anything from it. Much the opposite, in fact.The text is lain out in the form of Suras, as a distorted black mirror to the Quran; and similarly to other Martinet Press releases, it has an unmistakable Gnostic flair to it's corpus. Following, and at times included in, the Suras, which include things such as the most favorable times and ways of worship and devotion, not to mention the reverence of/for the Children of Shaitan; the author has included a few powerful invocations and meditations, as well as instructions for daily cleansing rituals, devotional practice and sacrifices.Very highly recommended to all true, Spiritual, devotees of the LHP and the Void.-JWK

The Devil's Quran is a very good and interesting work for all interested in LHP spirituality and gnostic Satanism in general.For those with any familiarity with The Qur'an you could see where the author has taken the spirit of The Qur'an and used it to create a dark opposite. One example is in Sura Al-Awlad where it repeats: "Which of your Lord's children will you deny?" mirroring Surah Ar-Rahman's "So which of the favors of the Lord will you deny?".Another area it mirrors is in the structure itself obviously. Al-Fatiha openes the Qur'an and in TDQ Sura Al-Majd opens in a similar manner. Each chapter or Sura opens not with a Bismillah but with By The King of the World. Other Suras open with the occurence of letters in Arabic that the author claims to know nothing about the meaning, same with the Qur'an.While it's not a completely original work, and a work that I definitely would have chosen a better name for, the content is enough for any curious student to adapt a practice from, especially the forms of prayer and sacrifices in the back of the book.

I'm not a Satanist nor someone on the LHP. I'm a pagan and found this book amazing. I feel like this teleports us back to pre Islamic Arabia. 10/10

Most of the other reviews are more succinct than anything I can add.To Martinet, in the 2nd edition, please add the transliteration of the Arabic text. The surahs are in Qur'anic style and are meant to be read in the Qur'anic style. Everyone loves Greek and Latin and Hebrew - Arabic is my language of choice as far as liturgical language. The English is good and all but won't ever roll off of the tongue the way Arabic can.