Jabal Usays (Syria) Inscription Containing First Line Of The Throne Verse (Qur'an 2:255), 93 AH / 711 CE

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Assalamu ‘alaykum wa rahamatullahi wa barakatuhu:

Date

Shawwāl, 93 AH / 711 CE.

Size & Script

25 cm x 47 cm. Written in Kufic script.

Contents

The translation of the inscription is:

  1. God! None has the right to be worshipped but He, the Ever Living,

  2. the One who sustains and protects all that exists. And this was inscribed by ‘Ali bin ‘Abd

  3. Allāh in Shawwāl in the year

  4. ninety three.

Comments

The inscription contains the first line of the Throne Verse (Ayat al-Kursi), Qur'an 2:255. The Throne Verse is also seen in various inscriptions in Jabal Usays (see the ref.).

Location

Jabal Usays, Syria.

References

[1] Muhammad Abū al-Faraj al-‘Ushsh, "Kitabāt ‘Arabiyya Ghayr Manshura Fi Jabal Usays", Al-Abhath, 1964, Volume 17, p. 241 (no. 16). Also see no. 26 (p. 249), no. 63 (p. 276) and no. 67 (p. 278).

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