87 The Most High ۞ Al-A‘lā
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 promises the Prophet God’s support in reciting the Qur’ān, and commends those who accept its message. It concludes by emphasizing the superiority of the future life over the present one.