The Qur'an - Translated with a New Introduction - A.J. Droge

The Qur'an - Translated with a New Introduction - A.J. Droge

6. Livestock

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).

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This sūra emphasizes the creative power of the one God, especially as manifested in the ‘signs’ of an ordered natural world. On that basis it attacks the folly of idolatry, charging that other so-called gods are really ‘jinn.’ The story of Abraham’s rejection of idols is repeated, and a parallel is drawn between the ‘religion’ of Abraham and the Prophet, as well as between the ‘Books’ given to Moses and the Prophet. Its title is a reference to the practice of dedicating ‘livestock’ to other gods besides God (Q6.136–139).

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Droge, A.J.. 6. Livestock. The Qur'an - Translated with a New Introduction. Equinox eBooks Publishing, United Kingdom. p. 62-72 Feb 2022. ISBN 9781800500969. https://www.equinoxpub.com/home/view-chapter/?id=43738. Date accessed: 29 Mar 2024 doi: 10.1558/equinox.43738. Feb 2022

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