• Al Quran English Saheeh International Jeddah
  • Al Quran English King Fahad Complex
  • Al Quran English Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani
    • Al Quran English Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani
    • Al Quran English Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani

    • A new English translation of the meanings of the Qur'an by one of the most eminent scholars of our time, Mufti Muhammad Taqi 'Uthmani. Mufti Muhammad Taqi 'Uthmani had previously supervised the English translation of Ma'ariful Qur'an. But this translation and brief explanatory notes have been rewritten entirely. None of the popular English translations of the Qur'an were done by…
  • Al Quran Manuscript – Mid to Late 15th Century
  • Birmingham Quran Manuscript
    • Birmingham Quran Manuscript
    • Birmingham Quran Manuscript

    • Birmingham Quran Manuscript Year Written: c.568 AD – 645 AD Language: Arabic Script Type: Hijazi Current Location: University of Birmingham, Birmingham, England References: The Birmingham Quran Manuscript is currently believed to be the oldest Quran in the world. This manuscript consists of two leaves of parchment that are a fragment of an early Quranic manuscript dated between 568 AD –…
  • Al Quran Tübingen Fragment
    • Al Quran Tübingen Fragment
    • Al Quran Tübingen Fragment

    • Al Quran Tübingen Fragment Year Written: c. 649 AD – 675 AD Language: Arabic Script Type: Hijazi Current Location: University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany References: medievalhistories.com The Quran fragment from the University of Tübingen in Germany has been dated to a period between 649 AD – 675 AD. This date means the manuscript was written about 20 – 40 years…
  • Al Quran Sana’a Manuscript
    • Al Quran Sana’a Manuscript
    • Al Quran Sana’a Manuscript

    • Al Quran Sana'a Manuscript Year Written: c.671 AD Language: Arabic Script Type: Hijazi Current Location: Great Mosque of Sana’a, Yemen References: Madain Project, Wikimedia Commons, Islamic Awareness Until recently, the Sana’a manuscript was believed to be the oldest pieces of the Quran in existence. The manuscript was first discovered in 1972 during renovations of the Great Mosque of Sana’a in…
  • Al Quran Topkapi Manuscript
    • Al Quran Topkapi Manuscript
    • Al Quran Topkapi Manuscript

    • Year Written: c. early to mid 8th century Language: Arabic Script Type: Kufic Current Location: The Topkapi Palace Museum, Istanbul, Turkey Image credit: T. Altikulaç, Al-Muṣḥaf Al-Sharif: Attributed To ʿUthmān Bin ʿAffān (The Copy At The Topkapi Palace Museum), 2007, Organization of the Islamic Conference Research Centre for Islamic History, Art and Culture: Istanbul (Turkey). Like the Smarkand Kufic Quran,…
  • Folio from a Quran Manuscript ca. 1180
    • Folio from a Quran Manuscript ca. 1180
    • Folio from a Quran Manuscript ca. 1180

    • Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript ca. 1180 Written in Eastern or new style kufic script , line two of this folio includes two long, vertical letters (alif and lam), forming a distinctive pointed oval-shaped pattern. The elaborate treatment of the background, entirely filled with vegetal scrolls terminating in large blossoms so that the script seems to stand out against the…
  • Bifolium from the “Nurse’s Quran” (Mushaf al-Hadina)
    • Bifolium from the “Nurse’s Quran” (Mushaf al-Hadina)
    • Bifolium from the “Nurse’s Quran” (Mushaf al-Hadina)

    • Bifolium from the "Nurse's Qur'an" (Mushaf al-Hadina) ca. A.H. 410/ A.D. 1019–20 This double-page from a Qur'an comes down to us with the fascinating information that the nursemaid to one of the Zirid rulers of North Africa commissioned it for donation to the Great Mosque of Qairawan. It is written in a form of the 'new style kufic' script that…
  • Folios from a Qur’an Manuscript A.H. 383/A.D. 993
    • Folios from a Qur’an Manuscript A.H. 383/A.D. 993
    • Folios from a Qur’an Manuscript A.H. 383/A.D. 993

    • Folios from a Qur'an Manuscript A.H. 383/A.D. 993 The first centuries in the copying of the Qur’an witnessed a succession of changing styles in the manuscript’s calligraphy, decoration, and format. This Qur’an shows many of the changes taking place in the medieval period. Whereas earlier Qur’ans were made of parchment and inscribed in a relatively simple kufic script, this manuscript…
  • Quran Manuscript late 9th–early 10th century
    • Quran Manuscript late 9th–early 10th century
    • Quran Manuscript late 9th–early 10th century

    • Quran Manuscript late 9th–early 10th century This is the second volume of a thirty-part Qur’an meant to be read over the course of a month. It is typical of early Qur’ans, but includes some embellishments not found in earlier, more austere copies, such as red vowel marks, rosettes every ten verses, and double-page illuminations at the beginning and end of…