The Qur'an - Translated with a New Introduction - A.J. Droge
84. The Splitting
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 opens with a description of events of the Last Day that will culminate in the resurrection and judgment. It concludes with a warning to those who reject the Qur’ān. Its title comes from ‘the splitting’ of the sky, one of the cosmic signs that the Last Day is at hand.