• Folio from the Blue Quran
    • Folio from the Blue Quran
    • Folio from the Blue Quran

    • Folio from the "Blue Quran" This folio comes from a sumptuous, multivolume Qur'an with indigo pages and silver verse markers that was probably copied in North Africa. Its palette is thought to refer to the purple‑dyed, gilded manuscripts made in the neighboring Byzantine empire. As in other early Qur'ans, the script here is difficult to read because the letters have…
  • Folio from a Quran Manuscript probably 9th century
    • Folio from a Quran Manuscript probably 9th century
    • Folio from a Quran Manuscript probably 9th century

    • Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript probably 9th century The tradition of dyed manuscripts developed in Byzantium for making valuable books, such as the Gospels. The technique continued into the early Islamic period, with the Blue Qur’an as its most spectacular manifestation. Tinted pages were used only in the most luxurious manuscripts, for they required extra work in preparing the already…
  • Samarkand Kufic Quran (Uthman Quran)
    • Samarkand Kufic Quran (Uthman Quran)
    • Samarkand Kufic Quran (Uthman Quran)

    • This folio comes from one of the oldest surviving Qur'an manuscripts in existence. Year Written: c.765 AD – 855 AD Language: Arabic Script Type: Kufic Current Location: Hast Imam Library, Tashkent, Uzbekistan For several years, prior to research conducted in the last few decades, the Samarkand Kufic Quran, was thought to be the oldest copies of the Quran in existence.…
  • Folio from a Quran Manuscript 9th century
    • Folio from a Quran Manuscript 9th century
    • Folio from a Quran Manuscript 9th century

    • This small-scale Qur'an was used as an intimate personal object, probably worn or carried as an amulet during travel. Despite its diminutive size, it shares many features with other early Qur'ans, which were often much larger and used as memory guides for public recitations. Here, densely packed writing in kufic script is lengthened horizontally, and red dots mark short vowels.…
  • Folio from a Qur’an Manuscript late 13th–early 14th century
    • Folio from a Qur’an Manuscript late 13th–early 14th century
    • Folio from a Qur’an Manuscript late 13th–early 14th century

    • This large folio comes from a magnificent two-volume Qur'an. In Spain, as in North Africa, Qur'an manuscripts and Qur'anic calligraphy retained archaic features long since abandoned farther east. Such features include the use of parchment instead of polished paper, a square format, and deep, rounded letter terminals, as seen in this example.
  • Folio from a Quran Manuscript late 8th–early 9th century
    • Folio from a Quran Manuscript late 8th–early 9th century
    • Folio from a Quran Manuscript late 8th–early 9th century

    • Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript late 8th–early 9th century This eighth- or ninth-century Qur'an was written in a script that is characterized by a rightward slant and by the shape of the vowel ya' in the terminal position, which turns backward to underline the letters that precede it. Like other early Qur'an manuscripts, the writing here omits consonant points (i'jam),…
  • Al Quran Codex Parisino-Petropolitanus
    • Al Quran Codex Parisino-Petropolitanus
    • Al Quran Codex Parisino-Petropolitanus

    • Codex Parisino-possibly the oldest extant Quranic manuscript Year Written: c. late 7th to early 8th century Language: Arabic Script Type: Hijazi Current Location: 70 folios at Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris; 26 folios at the National Library of Russia in Saint-Petersburg, Russia; 1 folio in the Vatican Library; and 1 folio in Khalili Collection in London References: Madain Project, Wikimedia…
  • Sahih Al Bukhari صحیح البخاری-مولانہ محمد داود راز
    • Sahih Al Bukhari صحیح البخاری-مولانہ محمد داود راز
    • Sahih Al Bukhari صحیح البخاری-مولانہ محمد داود راز

    • Sahih al-Bukhari is considered as the most authentic collection of hadith, Sunnah of the Prophet Muhammadﷺ, compiled by Imam Muhammad al-Bukhari. The book is divided into chapters covering a range of issue regarding arkan e-Islam, Fiqh and azkar. It covers almost all aspects of life in providing proper guidance of Islam such as the method of performing prayers and other…
  • Mutalabat-e-Deen مطالبات دین-ڈاکٹر اسرار احمد
    • Mutalabat-e-Deen مطالبات دین-ڈاکٹر اسرار احمد
    • Mutalabat-e-Deen مطالبات دین-ڈاکٹر اسرار احمد

    • ڈاکٹر اسرار احمد کی فکر انگیز تصنیف "مطالباتِ دین" اسلام کے اساسی تقاضوں اور ایک مسلمان کی ذمہ داریوں کی جامع تشریح پیش کرتی ہے، جو محض عبادات تک محدود رہنے کے بجائے پورے دین کو زندگی پر غالب کرنے کا شعور بیدار کرتی ہے۔ اس کتاب میں ایمان، ہجرت، جہاد اور بیعت جیسے بنیادی تصورات کو عصری اسلوب میں…
  • Pakistan kay wajood ko lahiq khatrat پاکستان کے وجود کو لاحق خطرات و خدشات اور بچاو کی تدابیر
  • Ijad wa Abda Alalam ایجاد وابداع عالم سے عالمی نظام خلافت تک تنزل اور ارتقا کے مراحل
  • Islami Ibadat Par Tahqeeq Nazar اسلامی عبادات پر تحقیقی نظر-مولانا ابوالاعلیٰ مودودی