57 Iron ۞ Al-Ḥadīd
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 by extolling the glory of God, and then appeals for belief and contributions in support of the cause. It describes the different fates awaiting the ‘hypocrites’ and believers, and concludes with a reference to the previous messengers Abraham, Noah, and Jesus.