The Qur'an - Translated with a New Introduction - A.J. Droge
86. The Night Visitor
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 stresses God’s power to raise the dead and the accountability of each individual before him. In conclusion the Prophet is told to leave the disbelievers alone temporarily. Its title comes from a word in the opening verse.