The Qur'an - Translated with a New Introduction - A.J. Droge
7. The Heights
The Qur'an - Translated with a New Introduction - A.J. Droge
A.J. Droge [+]
A. J. Droge is the translator of The Qur’an: A New Annotated Translation (Equinox, 2013), and the author of Homer or Moses? Early Christian Interpretations of the History of Culture and A Noble Death: Suicide and Martyrdom among Christians and Jews in Antiquity (with J.D. Tabor).
Description
Following an introductory reference to ‘the Book’ and a warning about judgment, Q7 falls into three main parts: the story of Iblīs and Adam’s fall (Q7.10–25), a series of stories about the destruction of disobedient peoples of the past (Q7.59–102), and the story of Moses, Pharaoh, and the Sons of Israel (Q7.103–174). The sūra receives its title from the enigmatic reference to ‘the heights’ at Q7.46.