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The Quran - original manuscript found?

Is the Quran from Allah? Is there any proof of earthly source in the Quran? Let's see the video clip and know the original sources of the Quran and its transmission to us today.

Author: angellegion
Keywords: Quran Hasfah manuscript "Kufic script" Hafs Warsh Waraqah "Calipth Uthman" Muhammad
Added: January 4, 2009


PART 5: Barry O'Connell at the Textile Museum

Barry at the Textile Museum, a must see lecture on Oriental rug attribution for Caucasian rugs using language reference

Author: RugRagExperts
Keywords: part5 rugs textile museum spongobongo spongobongo.com rugrag.com ethnolinguistic examination oriental armenian caucasian shirvan kuba kufic
Added: December 20, 2008


The Perfect Qur'an

In 1972, during the restoration of the great mosque of Sana, capital of Yemen, workers discovered a mash of old parchments. DR Gerd R Puin, a quranic expert studied the find. Dr Gerd dated it at between 705 and 715. It is the oldest dateable quran in the world but was created 70 years after mohammeds death. fragments from nearly 1000 differents qurans were identified. verses and chapters changed and rearranged. so the quran was not a single product or a single entity that was fixed by 650 but developed much, much later hence the overlaying of texts. Muslims assert that the Qur'an is a perfect book and language yet when the Qur'an was first written in kufic script, an angular script which was most likely a product of inscribing on hard surfaces such as wood or stone, it didnt even have any vowels. the critical dots were not added until later, as such the verbs could be read as either actives or passives and some arabic words can have up to 30 different meanings. http://www.ancientscripts.com/arabic.html More Information on the Sana manuscripts can be found here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMqQWiy8Zqc

Author: peterpedant
Keywords: Qur'an koran Islam sana manuscripts Muhammad Muslim Moslem
Added: October 30, 2008


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Something wrong with Youtube picture uploads, says it will be changed in 6 hours but 24+ hours and no change... Solution: Upload a 1 second video of the pic you want as an icon, that should work. PS: What is it? It is a Kufic calligraphy that says "GOD" 4 times, I think it looks nice.

Author: mossrosenberg
Keywords: kufic icon
Added: October 29, 2008


The Arabic Qur'an

A video about the ancient script of the Qur'an and its preservation. If you spot a mistake or have any presentation ideas please let me know thanks in advance. http://www.irf.net/irf/dtp/dawah_tech/ques13.htm

Author: tkassim
Keywords: Qur'an Koran Recite Read Recitation book bible islam muslim muhammad revelation compilation kufic hijazi orthography
Added: August 16, 2007



More Information About Kufic

Drawing of an inscription of Basmala in Kufic script, 9th century. The original is in the Islamic Museum in Cairo (Inventar-Nr. 7853)

Kufic is the oldest calligraphic form of the various Arabic scripts and consists of a modified form of the old Nabataean script. Its name is derived from the city of Kufa, Iraq. although it was known in Mesopotamia at least 100 years before the foundation of Kufa. At the time of the emergence of Islam, this type of script was already in use in various parts of the Arabian Peninsula. It was in this script that the first copies of the Qur'an were written.


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Kufic alphabet, from Fry's Pantographia (1799)

Kufic is a form of script consisting of straight lines and angles, often with elongated verticals and horizontals. It originally did not have consonant pointing distinguishing, for example, b, t, and th. It is still employed in Islamic countries though it has undergone a number of alterations over the years and also displays regional differences. The difference between the Kufic script used in the Arabian Peninsula and that employed in North African states is very marked.


Occurrence

Kufic is commonly seen on Seljuk coins and monuments and on early Ottoman coins. Its decorative character led to its use as a decorative element in several public and domestic buildings constructed prior to the Republican period in Turkey.

The current Flag of Iraq uses Kufic script to write ﷲ أكبر Allahu Akbar. The Kufic was chosen as a neutral alternative to the old flag's version of the motto, which is widely believed to be written in the hand of former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein.

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