The Qur'an - Translated with a New Introduction - A.J. Droge
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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
The first part of this sūra is in the form of an address to the people, setting forth the claims of God (Q35.1–17). It then shifts to address the Prophet, consoling him with the reminder of previous messengers who also faced rejection (Q35.18–26). It concludes with the different fates awaiting believers and disbelievers. Q35 takes its title from the reference to God as ‘creator’ in the opening verse, but is also called ‘the angels’ (al-Malā’ika) from another word in the first verse.