Tom wants popcorn.

Popcorn is my favorite snack.

Pour melted butter over the popcorn.

I bought two bags of popcorn.

It smells like popcorn. You're right!

The popcorn is illustrating a key thing in physics.

That's what's happening to the water inside that popcorn.

Now watch closely. This is popcorn. I'll explain it here.

I made popcorn. Actually, I burned one, so I made two.

Part of the problem, I think, is that we imagine that the Koran can be read as we usually read a book as though we can curl up with it on a rainy afternoon with a bowl of popcorn within reach, as though God and the Koran is entirely in the voice of God speaking to Muhammad were just another author on the bestseller list.