Keywords: 4.8-17-1990-Guld-koranside-recto-og-verso.jpg The leaves from this magnificent Koran written in gold and contoured with brown ink have a horizontal format This is admirably suited to classical Kufi calligraphy which became common under the early Abbasid caliphs The length of the up and down strokes is limited while there is a tendency to a horizontal prolongation Vowels are indicated with colored dots and consonant signs are found in the form of little oblique strokes There are different kinds of markers for each verse each fifth verse and each tenth verse The vase-like ornament in the margin is purely decorative The designation Kufi comes from the Iraqi city of Kufa where this script was erroneously believed to have originated First Page Shora52-53 وَكَذَٰلِكَ أَوْحَيْنَا إِلَيْكَ رُوحًا مِّنْ أَمْرِنَا ۚ مَا كُنتَ تَدْرِي مَا الْكِتَابُ وَلَا الْإِيمَانُ وَلَٰكِن جَعَلْنَاهُ نُورًا نَّهْدِي بِهِ مَن نَّشَاءُ مِنْ عِبَادِنَا ۚ وَإِنَّكَ لَتَهْدِي إِلَىٰ صِرَاطٍ مُّسْتَقِيمٍ 52 And thus We have revealed to you an inspiration of Our command You did not know what is the Book or what is faith but We have made it a light by which We guide whom We will of Our servants And indeed O Muhammad you guide to a straight path - صِرَاطِ اللَّهِ الَّذِي لَهُ مَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الْأَرْضِ ۗ أَلَا إِلَى اللَّهِ تَصِيرُ الْأُمُورُ 53 The path of Allah to whom belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth Unquestionably to Allah do all matters evolve ---- Az-Zukhruf The Gold Adornment حم 1 Ha Meem وَالْكِتَابِ الْمُبِينِ 2 By the clear Book إِنَّا جَعَلْنَاهُ قُرْآنًا عَرَبِيًّا لَّعَلَّكُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ 3 Indeed We have made it an Arabic Qur'an that you might understand وَإِنَّهُ فِي أُمِّ الْكِتَابِ لَدَيْنَا لَعَلِيٌّ حَكِيمٌ 4 And indeed it is in the Mother of the Book with Us exalted and full of wisdom أَفَنَضْرِبُ عَنكُمُ الذِّكْرَ صَفْحًا أَن كُنتُمْ قَوْمًا مُّسْرِفِينَ 5 Then should We turn the message away disregarding you because you are a transgressing people وَكَمْ أَرْسَلْنَا مِن نَّبِيٍّ فِي الْأَوَّلِينَ 6 And how many a prophet We sent among the former peoples وَمَا يَأْتِيهِم مِّن نَّبِيٍّ إِلَّا كَانُوا بِهِ يَسْتَهْزِئُونَ 7 But there would not come to them a prophet except that they used to ridicule him فَأَهْلَكْنَا أَشَدَّ مِنْهُم بَطْشًا وَمَضَىٰ مَثَلُ الْأَوَّلِينَ 8 And We destroyed greater than them in striking power and the example of the former peoples has preceded وَلَئِن سَأَلْتَهُم مَّنْ خَلَقَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ لَيَقُولُنَّ خَلَقَهُنَّ الْعَزِيزُ الْعَلِيمُ 9 And if you should ask them Who has created the heavens and the earth they would surely say They were created by the Exalted in Might the Knowing الَّذِي جَعَلَ لَكُمُ الْأَرْضَ مَهْدًا وَجَعَلَ لَكُمْ فِيهَا سُبُلًا لَّعَلَّكُمْ تَهْتَدُونَ 10 The one who has made for you the earth a bed and made for you upon it roads that you might be guided Second Page Shora 11-15 فَاطِرُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ ۚ جَعَلَ لَكُم مِّنْ أَنفُسِكُمْ أَزْوَاجًا وَمِنَ الْأَنْعَامِ أَزْوَاجًا ۖ يَذْرَؤُكُمْ فِيهِ ۚ لَيْسَ كَمِثْلِهِ شَيْءٌ ۖ وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْبَصِيرُ 11 He is Creator of the heavens and the earth He has made for you from yourselves mates and among the cattle mates; He multiplies you thereby There is nothing like unto Him and He is the Hearing the Seeing لَهُ مَقَالِيدُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ ۖ يَبْسُطُ الرِّزْقَ لِمَن يَشَاءُ وَيَقْدِرُ ۚ إِنَّهُ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عَلِيمٌ 12 To Him belong the keys of the heavens and the earth He extends provision for whom He wills and restricts it Indeed He is of all things Knowing شَرَعَ لَكُم مِّنَ الدِّينِ مَا وَصَّىٰ بِهِ نُوحًا وَالَّذِي أَوْحَيْنَا إِلَيْكَ وَمَا وَصَّيْنَا بِهِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ وَعِيسَىٰ ۖ أَنْ أَقِيمُوا الدِّينَ وَلَا تَتَفَرَّقُوا فِيهِ ۚ كَبُرَ عَلَى الْمُشْرِكِينَ مَا تَدْعُوهُمْ إِلَيْهِ ۚ اللَّهُ يَجْتَبِي إِلَيْهِ مَن يَشَاءُ وَيَهْدِي إِلَيْهِ مَن يُنِيبُ 13 He has ordained for you of religion what He enjoined upon Noah and that which We have revealed to you O Muhammad and what We enjoined upon Abraham and Moses and Jesus - to establish the religion and not be divided therein Difficult for those who associate others with Allah is that to which you invite them Allah chooses for Himself whom He wills and guides to Himself whoever turns back to Him وَمَا تَفَرَّقُوا إِلَّا مِن بَعْدِ مَا جَاءَهُمُ الْعِلْمُ بَغْيًا بَيْنَهُمْ ۚ وَلَوْلَا كَلِمَةٌ سَبَقَتْ مِن رَّبِّكَ إِلَىٰ أَجَلٍ مُّسَمًّى لَّقُضِيَ بَيْنَهُمْ ۚ وَإِنَّ الَّذِينَ أُورِثُوا الْكِتَابَ مِن بَعْدِهِمْ لَفِي شَكٍّ مِّنْهُ مُرِيبٍ 14 And they did not become divided until after knowledge had come to them - out of jealous animosity between themselves And if not for a word that preceded from your Lord postponing the penalty until a specified time it would have been concluded between them And indeed those who were granted inheritance of the Scripture after them are concerning it in disquieting doubt فَلِذَٰلِكَ فَادْعُ ۖ وَاسْتَقِمْ كَمَا أُمِرْتَ ۖ وَلَا تَتَّبِعْ أَهْوَاءَهُمْ ۖ وَقُلْ آمَنتُ بِمَا أَنزَلَ اللَّهُ مِن كِتَابٍ ۖ وَأُمِرْتُ لِأَعْدِلَ بَيْنَكُمُ ۖ اللَّهُ رَبُّنَا وَرَبُّكُمْ ۖ لَنَا أَعْمَالُنَا وَلَكُمْ أَعْمَالُكُمْ ۖ لَا حُجَّةَ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَكُمُ ۖ اللَّهُ يَجْمَعُ بَيْنَنَا ۖ وَإِلَيْهِ الْمَصِيرُ 15 So to that religion of Allah invite O Muhammad and remain on a right course as you are commanded and do not follow their inclinations but say I have believed in what Allah has revealed of the Qur'an and I have been commanded to do justice among you Allah is our Lord and your Lord For us are our deeds and for you your deeds There is no need for argument between us and you Allah will bring us together and to Him is the final destination قرآن به خط کوفی century 9 classical Kufi calligraphy 27 × 36 5 cm Institution Davids Samling Discovery Iraq or Syria museum David Collection http //www davidmus dk/en/collections/islamic/dynasties/abbasiderne/art/17-1990 print 1 http //www davidmus dk/skoletjeneste/hvad_er_islamisk_kunst/udforsk_-_hvad_er_islamisk_kunst/171990-skoletjenesten other versions cc-by-sa-3 0 cc-zero PD-old Uploaded with UploadWizard Qur'an Kufi The David Collection Islamic art Islamic calligraphy Gold in art Quran inscriptions |