The Qur'an - Translated with a New Introduction - A.J. Droge
15. Al-Ḥijr
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
This sūra contains accounts of the rebellion of Iblīs (Q15.26–48) and the angels’ visits to Abraham and Lot (Q15.49–77). Two short stories of punishment follow: the people of ‘the Grove’ and the inhabitants of ‘al-Ḥijr’ (Q15.78–84). Q15 concludes with a series of admonitions to the Prophet.