The Qur'an - Translated with a New Introduction - A.J. Droge
25. The Deliverance
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 by responding to the disbelievers’ rejection of the Prophet and his message, and then warns them by way of examples of earlier generations who were punished for similar disbelief. The second half of the sūra is mainly devoted to the signs of God’s power and providence discernible in the natural world. It concludes with a description of the characteristic qualities of God’s servants.