The Qurʾān - A New Annotated Translation - Arthur Droge
30 The Romans ۞ Al-Rūm
The Qurʾān - A New Annotated Translation - Arthur Droge
A. J. Droge [+]
A. J. Droge is the author of Homer or Moses? Early Christian Interpretations of the History of Culture and, with James Tabor, of A Noble Death: Suicide and Martyrdom among Christians and Jews in Antiquity.
Description
This sūra opens with a reference to a military defeat of the Byzantine empire, which is followed by a prophecy of their ultimate victory over the Sassanid Persians. It then extols the signs of God’s power in nature as evidence of his benevolence and ability to raise the dead.