A Rock Inscription From Makkah Containing Qur'an 38:26, 80 AH / 699-700 CE
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Last Modified: 27th February 2001
Assalamu ‘alaykum wa rahamatullahi wa barakatuhu:
Date
80 AH / 699-700 CE. For dating please see the reference given below.
Size & Script
140 cm x 140 cm. Written in Kufic script
Contents
The translation of the inscription is:
- "Oh David, we have indeed made you
- a vicegerent on earth.
- So judge between men
- in justice, and do not follow your desires
- which will mislead you from the path of God. Verily, for those who stray
- from the path of God is severe chastisement, for those who have forgotten the Day of
- Reckoning." And this was inscribed by ‘Uthmān bin
- Wahran.
Comments
The inscription contains complete Qur'an 38:26 as shown below.
Location
Makkah, Saudi Arabia.
References
[1] Sa‘d b. ‘Abd al-Azīz al-Rashīd, Kitabat Islamiyya Min Makkah al-Mukarramah, 1995, Riyadh (Saudi Arabia), pp. 160-161.
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