The Qur'an - Translated with a New Introduction - A.J. Droge
21. The Prophets
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 begins with a warning of approaching judgment, and condemns idolatry in the face of God’s power and providence. Its second half is comprised of a series of stories about earlier ‘prophets’ (Q21.48–91), from which Q21 receives its title. Many of these prophets have counterparts among biblical figures.