The Qurʾān - A New Annotated Translation - Arthur Droge
79 The Snatchers ۞ Al-Nāzi‘āt
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 dramatic description of sinners at the resurrection. This is followed by an abridge version of the story of Moses, as well as passages on God’s providential power and the different fates awaiting the righteous and wicked. It concludes with the question: when will the Hour strike?