The Blue Quran (Arabic: الْمُصْحَف الْأَزْرَق, romanized: al-Muṣḥaf al-′Azraq) is an early Quranic manuscript written in Kufic script. [1]

This folio comes from a sumptuous, multivolume Qur'an with indigo pages and silver verse markers that was probably copied in North Africa. Its palette is thought to refer to the …

Nov 20, 2024 · The Blue Qur'an is a rare copy of the Quran—the central religious text of Islam that is believed by Muslims to be the word of God as revealed to the Prophet Muhammad by …

Dec 19, 2023 · He finds out about some of the design principles behind this most sacred of objects at the museum. You can watch the full programme on BBC News on Saturday 23rd …

Researchers from Zayed National Museum have unveiled text concealed beneath an intricate decorative layer of gold leaf on a page of the Blue Qur’an - one of the world’s most well-known …

Nov 18, 2024 · Experts at the Zayed National Museum have uncovered Qur’anic verses hidden beneath a layer of gold leaf on the famous Blue Qur’an manuscript. The Blue Qur’an, which …

Hidden behind a layer of gold leaf were hidden lines of verse, words from the Surah An-Nisa, the fourth chapter of the Qur’an. According to the press release, the team used multispectral …

Aug 22, 2000 · No more than three or four Qur'anic manuscripts on coloured vellum are known, and of them this splendid copy of the Holy Book is the most well known. It is a climax to the …

This blue Qur'an is a very early example of Qur'an manuscripts and Arabic-language script. The text is written in an angular and abstract style known as Kufic, a style of script named after the …

Dec 30, 2012 · This folio was once bound in a multi-volume manuscript known as the Blue Qur’an because of its unique indigo-dyed surface. It is one of the most memorable and celebrated …