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Qur'an Manuscript Folio (recto)
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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 sincerely.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineQur'an Manuscript Folio (recto), 800s–900s. Iraq or Iran, Abbasid period, 9th–10th century. Ink, gold, and color on parchment; sheet: 18.4 x 26 cm (7 1/4 x 10 1/4 in.); text area: 12.7 x 20.3 cm (5 x 8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Edward L. Whittemore Fund, 1933.494.a
