The Qurʾān - A New Annotated Translation - Arthur Droge
45 The Kneeling ۞ Al-Jāthiya
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 opens with a declaration of the ‘sending down’ of the Qur’ān and an enumeration of the signs of God’s power and providence in nature. The Prophet is urged to follow God’s path independently of the Sons of Israel. The sūra concludes with a judgment scene at which each community will be found ‘kneeling.’