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No mention of what chapters/verses? And no digitized images so we can compare it to current mainstream versions... Too bad.
by cies 11y ago
No mention of what chapters/verses? And no digitized images so we can compare it to current mainstream versions...
Too bad.
- cletus 11y agoCNN seems to have a better source: http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/22/europe/uk-quran-birmingham-manuscript/index.html http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/22/europe/uk-quran-birmingham-man... > The two parchment leaves are believed to contain parts of Suras (chapters) 18 to 20, written with ink in an early form of Arabic script known as Hijazi.
- kenbellows 11y agoGive it time, I'm sure it'll be released. Though being in Hijazi script might make it somewhat more difficult to compare with modern Arabic versions anyway
- Jun8 11y agoIt's from the Surat Taha (found from simple Google search, but also indicated by the first two Muqattaat letters), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ta-Ha https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ta-Ha. BTW, the search for the meaning of these letters that appear in a small percentage of suras is interesting: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muqatta%27at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muqatta%27at
- Nemant 11y ago3rd image from the top. The verses are highlighted and a translation is presented Here's the digitized version: http://vmr.bham.ac.uk/Collections/Mingana/Islamic_Arabic_1572a/Page_1r/viewer/ http://vmr.bham.ac.uk/Collections/Mingana/Islamic_Arabic_157... In case you know how to read arabic: https://www.facebook.com/yasir.qadhi/photos/a.10150091939643300.277936.19667888299/10153217261258300/?type=1&theater https://www.facebook.com/yasir.qadhi/photos/a.10150091939643...