Ok this will sound a bit weird, but my Arab homies will understand what I mean, the first book that encouraged me to read was The Holy Quran
The first word that came down in the Quran was Read! that's the first word god told the prophet, When god sent the angel Gabriel for the first time to the prophet, showing him the sign of his prophethood. Without getting too much into religion I'm just explaining my inspiration of reading...., as a kid I wasn't a practicing Muslim I kinda did whatever and never had any passion or goals I wanted to know what so great about this book too, the philosophy behind the Quranic guidance without looking at the religious part is still fascinating, there is a higher power out there telling you to read, to understand people and their languages to treat people better and become the best version of yourself but also having cryptic scientific knowledge between his advice for you to become better, it's like your dad scolding you to do better but then says something without explaining it to you, I noticed these weird scientific sparkles between the lines and starting searching and learning because of it the Quran made me love math, Space history and philosophy all together and a lot more few examples I'd like to share is how the Quran explains the timelines of The Pharaoh times the begining of the faroah kingdoms the ruler were called Kings before they were pharoes in the quran there was a chapter talking about Moses and pharaoh but in the early days of young moses, moses addressed the pharaoh as "king" then when he grew up and the kingdom enterd thier new era the king retitled himself as pharaoh, and it was documented accurtly in the Quran i think it was the first things that really made enjoy reading and exploring in books and the Quran was always my original source i rely on and every time it delivered perfectly, if we look at the Quran author as a man, i think that man is the most knowledgeable human being in existence discovering how humans were born stage by stage, he knew how bees work and live their live, how flies as simple as they look are very advanced creatures and have one of the most complicated anatomies, he knew how our space worked in details, and a lot more, whenever i read about something new i come back to this verse (read for your lord who taught you by the pen who taught humanity what they didnt know) its a powerful verse that shake my core and is the soul heart of my learning journey
