The Qur'an - Translated with a New Introduction - A.J. Droge
49. The Private Rooms
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 deals with the conduct of the Prophet’s followers in their interactions with him and each other. It concludes with a criticism of the bedouin Arabs. Q49 takes its name from a word that is said to refer to the private living quarters of the Prophet’s wives (Q49.4).