The Qur'an - Translated with a New Introduction - A.J. Droge
45. The Kneeling
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 opens with a declaration of the ‘sending down’ of the Qur’ān and an enumeration of the signs of God’s power and providence in nature. The Prophet is then urged to follow God’s path independently of the ‘Sons of Israel.’ Q45 concludes with a judgment scene, at which each community will be found ‘kneeling’ (Q45.28).