Medieval polemic dismissed the Quran’s inimitability as mere ornate lasciviousness

Evidence

The Saracens, Llull says, claim that they benefit from one miracle: the Koran, so perfect that it can only be the work of God. “What they say, that it is a miracle, can easily be destroyed and annulled by reason,” says Llull: though the Koran is indeed “very ornate,” it also contains many false things and many descriptions of lascivious acts. — John V. Tolan, Saracens, 1333

Categorization

• XREF: The ‘Quran as lascivious text’ charge here is the root of the sexualized-degeneracy trope that modern Islamophobes still deploy; connects to the Orientalist-sexuality thread.
• ADDENDUM: Supports the ‘complaints about immodesty’ article: the charge that Islam’s scripture licenses lasciviousness is a medieval-sourced polemic trope, not a modern invention.