MS Arabic 691 (Wellcome Collection, Wellcome Trust)
Manuscripts in Arabic
Contents
1 copy of al-Qurʼān, incomplete
Title: al-Qurʼān
Title: القرآن الكريم
Incipit: (basmala) f.1r.1 بِسْمِ الَّلهِ الَّرَحمَںِ الرَّحِيمِ
Incipit: حَم تَنزِيلُ الْكِتَبِ مِںَ اللَّهِ اْلعَزِيزِ اْلحَكِيِمِ مَا خَلَفْنَا السَّمَوَاتِ وَالاَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهمَا اِلاَّ بِاْلحَٯِّ وَاَجَلٍ مُسَمَّى
Explicit: f.138r.1 اَلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَلمِينَ اًلرَّحْمَںِ الرَحِيمِ مَلِكِ يَوْمِ الدِّيِںِ إِيَاكَ نَعْبُدُ وَاِيَاكَ نَسْتَعِينُ اِهْدِنَا صِرطَ مُسْتَفِيمَ صِرَطَ الَّذِيںَ اَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيْهِم غَيْرِ اْلمَغْضُوبِ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلاَ الَضَلِيں
Colophon: f.138r.7 اًصَلاَةُ سَلاَمُ يَا رَسُول اللهِ سَلَمْ الَّله عَلَمْ وَسَلّمَ اِبْرَاهِمَ
This copy contains the last four parts of the Qurʼān, from the 46th sūra (al-Aḥqāf) to the final sūra (al-Nās).
Language(s): Arabic
Physical Description
Form: codex
Extent: 138 ff.
Foliation: Lacks foliation; catchwords present.
Condition
Good
Hand(s)
Script: Maghribī, fully vocalised
Ink: black, red and yellow
Decoration
Marginal illustrations
Binding
Paper boards; brown leather and marbled paper covers with visible stitching; thin brown leather strap tied around MS.