A Rock Inscription From Makkah Containing Qur'an 56:28-40 Dating From First Century Of Hijra
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Assalamu ‘alaykum wa rahamatullahi wa barakatuhu:
Date
1st century hijra.
Size & Script
100 cm x 110 cm. Written in Kufic script
Contents
The translation of the inscription is:
- "[They will be] among Lote tree without horns. Among Talh trees
- with flowers, piled one above another; in shade long-extended; by water
- flowing constantly and fruit in abundance.
- whose season is not limited nor [supply] forbidden. And
- on couches raised high, We have created them of special creation.
- And made them pure [and undefiled], full of love [for their mates], equal in age. For the
- Companions of the Right Hand. What will be the Companions of the Right Hand.
- A [goodly] number from those of old. And a [goodly] number from those of later times."
- This was inscribed by ‘Uthmān bin Wahran.
Comments
The inscription contains complete Qur'an 56:28-40 as shown below with an addition of the phrase "What will be the Companions of the Right Hand" between verses 38 and 39 perhaps to give a fitting conclusion to the inscription.
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. 164-165.
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