A: It is the only religion that:
1- Hold Allah as One, Unique, and Perfect. (Judasim still associates partners & attributes man-like attributes to God)
2- A lone worship of Allah, not Jesus, not an idol, and not an angel only Allah
3- The Quran contains scientific facts, which are 1300 years ahead of their time. The Quran while revealed 1400 years ago contains scientific facts, which are only now being discovered. It is not in contradiction to science.
4- Allah challenges the world to produce the like of the Quran. And He says they won't be able to.
6- Prophet Mohammed was the most influential man in History. Even a non-Muslim wrote a book called the 100 most influential men in History, and Prophet Mohammed was #1. Prophet Jesus was #3. Note even Prophet Jesus was a prophet sent by Allah. Would Allah allow a false prophet to be so successful? No. Even the Bible says this in Deuteronomy 18:19. A false prophet would die!!! Yet Prophet Mohammed did not die till he completely conveyed, and taught Allah's religion.
5- He had many prophecies, and all of his prophecies have come true, or are still coming true
A: I dont reccomend any translation on its own, I dont accept any translation in its entireity. The best one available is by Yusef Ali, make sure to get his commentary also....both of which are free of cost
Its usefull to compare translations too, so if there is a verse you are interested in, see what the different translations say. Then refer back to the Arabic. There is a very good programe available online called Quran Reciter, which you can download here:
This programe lets you select any verse in the Quran and it will display 4 or 5 of the most mainstream translations so you can compare what they say