The Qur'an - Translated with a New Introduction - A.J. Droge
75. The Resurrection
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 a collection of short passages, most of which revolve around the Last Day and God’s power to raise the dead. Noteworthy among them is a section dealing with the Prophet’s method of reciting the Qur’ān. Its title comes from the oath with which it begins.