The Qur'an - Translated with a New Introduction - A.J. Droge
66. The Forbidding
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 half of this sūra deals with an incident between the Prophet and his wives, though the exact circumstances remain obscure. It concludes by giving famous examples from the past of both believing and disbelieving women. The title comes from God’s chastisement of the Prophet for forbidding himself what God has permitted (Q66.1).