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Ayat al-Kursī : manuscript

Uniform Title
Qurʼan. Sūrat al-Baqarah, 255.
قرآن. سورة البقرة، 255.
Title
Ayat al-Kursī : manuscript.
اية الكرسي : مخطوطة.
Production
Place not identified, 19th century.
Physical Description
1 leaf ; 37 cm
Language
Arabic
Notes
Title from reference sources.
Romanization supplied by cataloger.
Āyat al-Kursī: "Allāhu lā ilāha illā huwa al-Ḥayyu al-Qayyūmu lā taʼkhudhuhu sinnatun wa-lā nawmun la-hu mā fī al-samāwāti wa-mā fī al-arḍi man dhā alladhī yashfaʻu ʻindahu illā bi-idhnihi yaʻlamu mā bayna aydīhim wa-mā khalfahum wa-lā yuḥīṭūna bi-shayʼin min ʻilmihi illā bimā shāʼa wasiʻa kursīyuhu al-samāwāti wa-al-arḍa wa-lā yaʼuduhu ḥifẓuhumā wa-Huwa al-ʻAlīyu al-ʻAẓīmu."
آية الكرسي: "الله لا إله إلّا هو الحيّ القيّوم لا تأخذه سنةٌ ولا نومٌ له ما في السموات وما في الأرض من ذا الذي يشفع عنده إلّا بإذنه يعلم ما بين أيديهم وما خلفهم ولا يحيطون بشيءٍ من علمه إلّا بما شاء وسع كرسيّه السموات والأرض ولا يئوده حفظُهما وهو العليّ العظيم."
26.5 x 37 cm; written surface: 19.5 x 30 cm; 12 lines per page.
In Kufī script, in black ink on thick cream color paper; under each of the words are written their equivelants in naskh script (in red).
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
Āyat al-Kursī (Throne Verse), verse 255 of Sūrat al-Baqrah (Chapter two of the Qurʼān). Name of copyist and place and date of copying not mentioned, probably from the 19th century.
Variant and related titles
Sūrat al-Baqarah, 255
سورة البقرة، 255
Format
Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
May 15, 2024
References
Āyat al-Kursī. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Cite as
Āyat al-Kursī. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Manuscripts, Arabic - 19th century.
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