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>>>”Apparently the Koran was actually written by a Persian!”

It is possible. But, am unsure to which timeline/century you are referring.

Apparently, it is also said that there have been a number of different versions of the Koran, written in different ancient languages.

For example: “The book argues that the Koran at its inception was drawn from Christian Syro-Aramaic texts, in order to evangelize the Arabs in the early 8th century.”

See wiki (the notes and external links there):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Syro-Aramaic_Reading_of_the_Koran

Regarding the “Persian” Writer & Translator, there is also this:

“The first translator of the Qur’an was Salman the Persian (Salman Al Farsi <<< his Arabic name), who translated Fatiha into Persian during the 7th century.[85] The first complete translation of Qur’an was into Persian during the reign of Samanids (A Persian/Iranian Dynasty towards the end of the Arab Abbassid Caliphate rule of Iran) in the 9th century. Islamic tradition holds that translations were made for Emperor Negus of Abyssinia and Byzantine Emperor Heraclius, as both received letters by Muhammad containing verses from the Qur’an.[84] In early centuries, the permissibility of translations was not an issue, but whether one could use translations in prayer.”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qur%27an

Also, the Koran was written in Perso-Arabic in Iran during the Safavid Dynasty in the 15th and 16th centuries, when the ruling Safavid Dynasty brutally enforced their version of Shia Islam on Iranians.

The other issue is about much of the content of the Koran, the hadiths, and generally what are believed to Islamic principles and practices.

I suspect these were heavily influenced by preceding religions, including Zoroastrianism, Judaism, and Christianity. Then again, initially for Islam, later over the centuries were “adjusted” and often distorted to suit the audience and culture of the Bedouin Arabs of the 7th century Arabia, in order to bring about a strict structure, and control over their behavior by using “religion” as a pretext for the imposition of a set of “acceptable” rules and regulations.

Not that the same can not be said, for instance, for post-Zoroaster and Jesus, in terms of Zoroastrianism & Christianity.

This is a huge topic. A few paragraphs won’t do it justice, imo.

Just to give you some examples for Zoroastrianism and Christianity, in relation to Islam, my suggestion would be to read the Zoroastrian “Venidads” of the NON-GATHIC AVESTA (for its influence on Sharia Laws of Islam. But, also note, how the original teachings/practices were distorted and misrepresented in Islam). And, “ArdaViraf Nameh” (for how it influenced the Hadiths in Islam).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vendidad

http://www.avesta.org/mp/viraf.html

And then, compare these to what is said in the Zoroastrian Gathas (the original & only hymns believed to have been spoken by Zoroaster himself):

http://www.zarathushtra.com/z/gatha/az/The%20Gathas%20-%20FAZ.pdf

In summary & for a few specific & comparative examples:

- The Prayer Times and the Ablutions in Islam are Zoroastrian practices.

- The boy Jesus making clay birds into real birds, is almost verbatim from the Jesus Infancy Gospel, a known Pseudo-graphical heretical Christian book, that was banned by the Church. This is mentioned in the Koran Sura 3:49 & Sura 5:110

- Kosher and Halal foods in Judaism and Islam. Sharia Laws are similar to Jewish Halakhic law.

- The color Green which many attribute to Islam (main color of Saudi Arabian Flag) or Shia Islam in Iran. The color of Islam is Black.

Green (the color of new life is used for the Navjote/sedreh pushi cap and calls upon nature to give its blessings to the child), along with White (for purity and worn as shirts during conversion or “confirmation/baptism to Zoroastrian faith), traditionally, are sacred colors for Zoroastrians. Note: “Pir-e-Sabz” (Sabz means Green) in Yazd Province in Iran, as another example.

- There are 72 verses in Yasna in Zoroastrian Gathic-Avesta teachings nothing to do with 72 virgins in Islam.

- Mehdi or a Savior: “The word Saoshyant (mentioned in the Zoroaster’s hymns i.e. the Gathas) literally means “one who will bring benefit” – a benefactor or can be a savior too but not exactly in a same sense that Abrahamic religions know it. The Gathic message clearly defines, that those enlightened man and women, who extol the virtues of righteousness, using their good mind, emerge as the benefactors among mankind. It is to them, that mazda is a companion and a friend (Yasna 45.11). There can be many Saoshyants (plural) in many different fields.”
http://www.vohuman.org/Article/Zarathushtra

Mohammad travelled widely in the Middle East and picked up a lot of sectarian information, plus among his ‘companions’ he had, at least, one priest, a Rabbi and a Mazdaki, self interested, and ambitious Persian traitor (Salman Al Farsi). Salman Al Farsi is credited for helping Muslim-Arabs in their invasion of Iran in the 7th century & actually fought against his own Iranian countrymen, on the side of the Muslim-Arabs.

As it appears, the Koran, Hadiths, Sharia Laws, and Mohammad did not have much original content, positive or of Spiritual value to offer or add. However, much was distorted and basically bastardized to suit the social, economic, religious and political purposes/needs of, initially, the Arab tribes and, later on, Others.