The Qur'an - Translated with a New Introduction - A.J. Droge
53. The Star
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 reports of two ‘visions.’ These are followed by a section rejecting the idea that angels are the ‘daughters of God.’ It concludes with a summary of the contents of ‘the scrolls of Moses and Abraham.’ Q53 takes its title from ‘the star’ mentioned in the opening verse.