The Qur'an - Translated with a New Introduction - A.J. Droge
33. The Factions
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 deals mainly with the Prophet’s marriage to a woman formerly married to his adopted son, as well as with other matters concerning his wives. It receives its title from the description of an attack against the believers of the city of Yathrib by ‘factions’ of their enemies (Q33.9–27).