The Qurʾān - A New Annotated Translation - Arthur Droge
55 The Merciful ۞ Al-Raḥmān
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
The first half of this sūra recounts God’s blessings, the second describes the punishments of the wicked and rewards of the righteous. One of its distinctive features is that it addresses both people and jinn.