The Qur'an - Translated with a New Introduction - A.J. Droge
18. The Cave
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 is distinctive for being composed almost entirely of stories. The three main ones are: the ‘Men of the Cave’ (Q18.9–26), Moses and the servant (18.60–82), and Dhū-l-Qarnayn, a figure usually identified with Alexander the Great (18.83–98).