Quran Manuscript Folio (recto), 800s-900s. This page features the last eight verses of the Sura al-Sad (named for the Arabic letter sad ) and the opening verses of the Sura al-Zumar (the Companies); the latter begins: "The sending down of the Book is from God the All-mighty, the All-wise. We have sent down to thee the Book with the truth; so worship God, making thy religion His ;

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