The Qur'an - Translated with a New Introduction - A.J. Droge
57. Iron
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 by extolling the glory of God, and then appeals for belief in and support of the Prophet and his cause. It describes the different fates awaiting the ‘hypocrites’ and believers, and concludes with a reference to the previous messengers Abraham, Noah, and Jesus. Q57 receives its title from the mention of ‘iron,’ which God has sent down along with ‘the Book’ and ‘the scale’ (Q57.25).