QMI-INS-059 · Ramaḍān 174 AH
Inscription of al-Ḍaḥḥāk ibn ʿAbd Allāh, East of al-Namāṣ
نقش الضحاك بن عبد الله بن أبي قرين، شرق النماص
East of al-Namāṣ, ʿAsīr region, Saudi Arabia
- اللهم اغفر
- للضحاك
- ابن عبدالله ابن
- أبي قرين ولوا
- لديه وما ولد إنه لا
- يغفر الذنوب إلا أنت
- تباركت وتعاليت وكتب
- في رمضان سنة أربع وسبعين ومائة
O God, forgive al-Ḍaḥḥāk son of ʿAbd Allāh son of Abū Qurayn, and [his] par- ents and what he begot. Indeed, none forgives sins but You. Blessed are You and exalted. And [he] wrote [this] in Ramaḍān of the year four and seventy and one hundred.
A prayer for forgiveness for al-Ḍaḥḥāk ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Abī Qurayn, his parents and his offspring, dated Ramaḍān 174 AH (January 791 CE), from east of al-Namāṣ. The word wālidayhi (“his parents”) runs across the end of line 4 and the start of line 5.
Source: Shahad, post on X, 7 March 2025 (reading); photograph by ʿAlī al-Shahrī (@ali_alshahri4).