The Qur'an - Translated with a New Introduction - A.J. Droge
40. Forgiver
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 is the first of a group of seven sūras (Q40–46) known as the ‘Ḥawāmīm,’ from the two letters (Ḥā’ Mīm) with which they all begin. It consists mainly of the story of Moses, with a number of features that distinguish it from other versions of his story in the Qur’ān. Q40 takes its name from one of the divine epithets in its opening verses, but it is also known as al-Mu’min, from ‘the believer’ in the house of Pharaoh who tried to dissuade his people from opposing Moses (Q40.28–45).