The Qurʾān - A New Annotated Translation - Arthur Droge
91 The Sun ۞ Al-Shams
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 consists of two passages. The first is a series of oaths which culminate in the contrast between true success and failure. The second passage recounts the story of the people of Thamūd, who were destroyed for their evildoing.