The Qurʾān - A New Annotated Translation - Arthur Droge
29 The Spider ۞ Al-‘Ankabūt
The Qurʾān - A New Annotated Translation - Arthur Droge
A. J. Droge [+]
A. J. Droge is the author of Homer or Moses? Early Christian Interpretations of the History of Culture and, with James Tabor, of A Noble Death: Suicide and Martyrdom among Christians and Jews in Antiquity.
Description
This sūra begins by exhorting believers to remain steadfast in the face of opposition, and then recounts the stories of seven previous messengers. It also describes the nature of ‘the Book’ revealed to the Prophet, as well as its relationship to the prior scriptures of the ‘People of the Book.’