An Inscription Asking For The Best In This World And The Hereafter, 92 AH / 710-711 CE

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First Composed: 27th June 2021

Last Modified: 5th July 2021

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Assalamu ʿalaykum wa rahamatullahi wa barakatuhu:

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Figure (a) photograph of original inscription, and (b) its transcription.

Date

92 AH / 710-711 CE.

Accession Number

Not available.

Size

Not known.

Script

Kufic. This inscription was first brought to notice by Dr. ʿAbdullāh Maṣlaḥ al-Thumāly on Twitter.[1]

Contents

The translation of the inscription is given below:

  1. I,
  2. Al-Mughīra ibn
  3. ʿUmar, ask
  4. God for Paradise as a place,
  5. and Angels
  6. as ambassadors, and the Prophet
  7. as the Companion, and Believers
  8. as friends. Amen, Lord
  9. of the Worlds. And he wrote (this)
  10. in the year two and
  11. ninety.

Comments

Supplications for forgiveness and granting of Paradise in the early Islamic inscriptions are very common. This is a more elaborate one.

Location

South of Makkah (Saudi Arabia).

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References

[1] For details see Müfid Yüksel's thread.

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