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Source Description
This page features the last eight verses of the <em>Sura al-Sad</em> (named for the Arabic letter <em>sad</em>) and the opening verses of the <em>Sura al-Zumar</em> (the Companies). The latter begins: The sending down of the Book is from God the All-mighty, the All-wise. We have sent down to thee the Book with the truth; so worship God, making thy religion His sincerely.
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Document identity
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114269
label
Qur'an Manuscript Folio (verso)
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object
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114269
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title
Qur'an Manuscript Folio (verso)
description
This page features the last eight verses of the <em>Sura al-Sad</em> (named for the Arabic letter <em>sad</em>) and the opening verses of the <em>Sura al-Zumar</em> (the Companies). The latter begins: The sending down of the Book is from God the All-mighty, the All-wise. We have sent down to thee the Book with the truth; so worship God, making thy religion His sincerely.
date
800s–900s
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CC0
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CC0
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en
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Q80007026
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Calligraphy
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1
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import
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Sheet: 18.4 x 26 cm (7 1/4 x 10 1/4 in.); Text area: 12.7 x 20.3 cm (5 x 8 in.)
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Iran or Iraq, Abbasid period, 9th–10th century
accession
1933.494.b
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ink, gold, and color on parchment
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Qur'an Manuscript Folio (verso), 800s–900s. Iran or Iraq, Abbasid period, 9th–10th century. Ink, gold, and color on parchment; sheet: 18.4 x 26 cm (7 1/4 x 10 1/4 in.); text area: 12.7 x 20.3 cm (5 x 8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Edward L. Whittemore Fund, 1933.494.b
collection
Islamic Art
inscriptions
inscription
Kufi script. Text: XXXVIII:81–88, XXXIX:1–3
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1
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Edward L. Whittemore Fund
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2026-05-29 06:00:23.228000
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114269
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Islamic Art
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Islamic Art
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ink, gold, and color on parchment
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1
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0
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photo
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