One thing which surprises non-Muslims who are examining the book very closely is that the Qur`an does not appear to them to be what they expected. What they assume is that they have an old book which came fourteen centuries ago from the Arabian desert; and they expect that the book should look something like that - an old book from the desert. And then they find out that it does not resemble what they expected at all. Additionally, one of the first things that some people assume is that because it is an old book which comes from the desert, it should talk about the desert. Well the Qur`an does talk about the desert - some of its imagery describes the desert; but it also talks about the sea - what it`s like to be in a storm on the sea.