A Rock Inscription From Makkah Containing Qur'an 20:130, 84 AH / 703-704 CE
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Assalamu ʿalaykum wa rahamatullahi wa barakatuhu:
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Figure (a) original inscription, (b) its trace and (c) its contents.
Date
84 AH / 703-704 CE.
Size & Script
62 cm x 98 cm. Written in kufic script
Contents
The translation of the inscription is:
- Oh Lord, spare Ḥakīm
- bin ʿAmmārah from disgrace! In the Name of [God]
- "So laud the praises of your Lord before the rising of
- the sun and before its setting,
- and during a portion of the night, and at the thresholds of
- the day, so that you may be pleased [with God's subsequent reward]". This was inscribed by
- Ḥakīm ibn ʿAmmārah in the year 84; may God pardon his sins. Amīn!
Comments
The inscription contains Qur'an 20:130.
Location
Makkah, Saudi Arabia.
References
[1] Saʿd b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz al-Rāshid, Kitābāt Islāmiyya Min Makkah al-Mukarramah, 1995, Riyaḍ (Saudi Arabia), pp. 55-57.
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