Maghribi Quran Manuscript is a detached folio of the Quran from North Africa, and it dates back to the 13th century CE. Al Andalus Quran ManuscriptĪl Andalus Quran Manuscript dates back to 12th century CE. This Manuscript was written by an Arab Calligrapher, Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn-Hilal, commonly known as Ibn al-Bawwab in Baghdad. It is currently placed in the Chester Beatty Library, Dublin. Ibn al-Bawwab Quran Manuscript is a fully-surviving Quran in cursive style (Nakshi script). Today, most of the surviving pages of this manuscript are placed in the National Institute of Art and Archaeology, at Bardo National Museum in Tunis, with detached folios being showcased in museums worldwide. It is written in gold and decorated in silver on vellum colored with indigo. The Blue Quran is a late-9th to early-10th century CE Fatimid Quran manuscript in Kufic script. This manuscript was produced by five different scribes writing in the Hijazi script, probably working concurrently in order to meet the demand for a faster production. Scientists have dated the manuscript to belong to sometime around the late 7th century CE or early 8th century CE.ĩ8 surviving sheets of this manuscript are preserved across different locations, such as Bibliotheque Nationale de France, The National Library of Russia, The Library of Vatican, and The Khalili Collection in London. The Codex Parisino-Petropolitanus, one of the oldest surviving manuscripts of the Quran, was found among Quranic fragments which were kept in the al-Amr Masjid in Fustat (Egypt) until the end of the 18th century. It is a massive Quranic manuscript composed in Kufic script. The manuscript is very fragile and is placed in a cupboard to prevent further damage. Samarqand Quran Manuscript dates back to the 2nd century AH, that is the 8th century CE. With only two pages (23 verses) missing, this manuscript is the closest to the complete text of the Quran among others of the same time period. It is written in Kufic script and contains more than 99% of the text of the Quran. The Topkapi Manuscript is dated to the late 1st century or early 2nd century AH (i.e. Most likely, this manuscript dates back to sometime between 646 and 671 CE. The manuscript is written on parchment, and comprises two layers of text, both of which are in the Hijazi script. The Sana’a Quran manuscript was found in Yemen in 1972 during the restoration of the Great Masjid of Sana’a. It is said to be one of the oldest manuscripts, and it dates back to sometime between 568 and 645 CE, that is, probably sometime during the life of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) himself. In 2015, at the University of Birmingham, scientists found an old Quranic manuscript on parchment, using clearly legible Arabic Hijazi script. In this post, we take a look at some of the oldest manuscripts of the Quran, including ones that date back to the days of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) and the Rightly-Guided Caliphs. Indeed, it is We who sent down the Quran and indeed, We will be its Guardian.Īnd undoubtedly, the present-day Quran is same as the Quran which was revealed to Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).

Sana a manuscripts