Qur'anic verses, 10th century, Calligraphy, Arabic, Manuscripts, Arabic, Washington (), Iraq, Syria, Arabic script calligraphy, Illuminated Islamic manuscripts, Islamic calligraphy, Islamic manuscripts, Kufi, Qur'anic verses, Qur'anic verses 62-64 of the 24th chapter of the Qur'an entitled al-Nur (The Light), written in Kufi script (New Style I) from 10th century., Blessed is He Who sent down the Criterion to His servant, / So that it may be a warning to all creatures. (25:1), Dimensions of Written Surface: Recto: (w) x (h) cm. Dimensions of Written Surface: Verso: (w) x (h
Qur'anic verses, 10th century, Calligraphy, Arabic, Manuscripts, Arabic, Washington (), Iraq, Syria, Arabic script calligraphy, Illuminated Islamic manuscripts, Islamic calligraphy, Islamic manuscripts, Kufi, Qur'anic verses, Qur'anic verses 62-64 of the 24th chapter of the Qur'an entitled al-Nur (The Light), written in Kufi script (New Style I) from 10th century., Blessed is He Who sent down the Criterion to His servant, / So that it may be a warning to all creatures. (25:1), Dimensions of Written Surface: Recto: (w) x (h) cm. Dimensions of Written Surface: Verso: (w) x (h) cm, Only those are believers who trust in God and His Messenger. / When they are with him on a matter requiring collective action, / They do not depart until they have asked for his leave. (24:62), Surat al-Furqan is an early Meccan chapter containing 77 verses. It uses the contrast between light and darkness as a metaphor for knowledge and ignorance, virtue and sin. God has sent forth in His revelation certain measures by which man can distinguish between right and wrong:, Surat al-Nur describes domestic and public matters, and how communal life contributes to man's virtues and his spiritual journey towards God:, The text is executed in Kufi script (New Style I), in which vocalization is indicated by red dots. Only a few orthoepic (pronunciation) marks executed in black ink, such as the tashdid (duplication of a consonant) and tanwin (nunnation, or pronunciation of the letter 'n'), appear to have been added at a later date. The script, lack of diacritics, and vertical format typify Qur'ans produced during the 10th century (see DeÌroche 1992: 142-143, cat. no. 78)., This calligraphic fragment includes verses 62-64 of the 24th chapter of the Qur'an entitled al-Nur (The Light). The text of this surah ends on the fragment's verso ( V), which also contains the illuminated heading and first three verses of the subsequent (25th) chapter of the Qur'an entitled al-Furq
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