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Folio from an early Quran, written in Kufic script (Abbasid period, 8th–9th centuries). Ink and color on parchment. Part of Al-Fath, Sura 48, verses: 27-28
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العربية: صحيفة من العصر العباسي فيها قسم من سورة الفتح: «مِنْ دُونِ ذَلِكَ فَتْحًا قَرِيبًا ۝ هُوَ الَّذِي أَرْسَلَ رَسُولَهُ بِالْهُدَى وَدِينِ الْحَقِّ لِيُظْهِرَهُ عَلَى»
English: Folio from a Qur'an, Abbasid dynasty, Near East or North Africa. Ink and color on parchment, 23.9 × 33.3 cm. Part of Al-Fath Sura (48) verses:27-8. F.1930.62

مِنْ دُونِ ذَلِكَ فَتْحًا قَرِيبًا * هُوَ الَّذِي أَرْسَلَ رَسُولَهُ بِالْهُدَى وَدِينِ الْحَقِّ لِيُظْهِرَهُ عَلَى

and hath given you a near victory beforehand. He it is Who hath sent His messenger with the guidance and the religion of truth, that He may cause it to prevail over ... (Pickthal's translation).

Français : Une page du Coran, dynastie Abbaside, afrique du nord ou moyen orient. Encres colorées sur parchemin, 23.9 × 33.3 cm. Sourate 9 (Amnistie), verset 33: "C’est lui qui a envoyé son Envoyé avec la guidance et la créance de vérité". (Traduction A. Chouraqui)
Date 8th-9th century
Source http://www.asia.si.edu/collections/zoom/F1930.62.jpg
Author Unknown in Abbasid dynasty
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