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    "title": "Qur'an Manuscript Folio",
    "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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            "inscription": "Kufi script.  Text:  XXXVIII:81–88, XXXIX:1–3",
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