The Qur'an - Translated with a New Introduction - A.J. Droge
50. Qāf
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 begins by defending the resurrection through an appeal to the signs of God’s power and providence in nature. It stresses the certainty of death and judgment, and concludes with some words of advice for the Prophet. Q50 takes its title from the letter with which it begins.