The Qur'an - Translated with a New Introduction - A.J. Droge
26. The Poets
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 made up almost entirely of stories about the following messengers: Moses, Abraham, Noah, Hūd, Ṣāliḥ, Lot, and Shu‘ayb, all linked together by a recurring refrain (Q26.8–9). It receives its title from the dismissive reference to ‘the poets’ at Q26.224–225.