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Selections from the Qurʼān : manuscript

Uniform Title
Qurʼan. Selections.
Title
Selections from the Qurʼān : manuscript.
Production
Place not identified, 18th century.
Physical Description
1 volume (5 leaves) ; 21 cm
Language
Arabic
Notes
Title supplied by cataloger.
Romanization supplied by cataloger.
The selections start with verse 31 of Sūrat Luqmān (Chapter 31), as follows: "... [Alam] tara anna al-fulka tajrī fī al-baḥri bi-niʻmati Allāhi li-yuriyakum min āyātihi inna fī dhālika la-āyātin li-kulli ṣabbārin shakūr ..."
تبدأ المختارات بالآية 31 من سورة لقمان (الرقم 31)، كما يلي: "... [ألم] تر أنّ الفلك تجري في البحر بنعمت الله ليريكم من آياته انّ في ذلك لآياتٍ لكلِّ صبّارٍ شكور ..."
Secundo folio: Sūrat al-Sajdah (Chapter 32).
تبدأ الورقة الثانية بسورة السجدة (الرقم 32).
15 x 20.5 cm; written surface: 8.5 x 12.5 cm; 11 lines per page.
Binding: Unbound (loose leaves).
In large good naskh script, in black ink, on cream color paper; titles of the sūrahs in red; text fully vocalized and framed in red; markings in red; some; some leaves seem to be missing; no catchwords.
The selections end with part of verse 13 of "Sūrat al-Aḥzāb" (Chapter 33), as follows: "... Wa-idh qālat ṭāʼifatun minhum yā ahla Yathriba lā maqāma lakum fa-irjiʻū wa-yastaʼdhinu farīqun minhumu al-Nabīya yaqūlūna ..."
تنتهي المختارات بجزء من الآية 13 من "سورة الأحزاب" (الرقم 33)، كما يلي: "... وإذ قالت طائفةٌ منهم يا أهل يثرب لا مقام لكم فارجعوا ويستأذن فريقٌ منهم النبي يقولون ..."
In Arabic.
Forms part of the Hartford Seminary Collection. For a description of the collection, search by call number: Hartford Seminary.
Provenance
Purchased from Hartford Seminary on the Beinecke Rare Book & Capital Reserve Fund, 2005.
Access and use
This material is open for research.
Summary
Selections from the Qurʼān (Parts of Sūrat Luqmān, Sūrat al-Sajdah, Sūrat al-Aḥzāb. Chapters 31, 32, 33). Name of copyist and place and date of copying not mentioned, probably from the 18th century.
Format
Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
September 16, 2023
References
Selections from the Qurʼān. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Cite as
Selections from the Qurʼān. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Manuscripts, Arabic - 18th century.
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