The Cairo Genizah is not a topic that often arises when studying Qurʾanic manuscripts. The word genizah (plural: genizot) is, by most conventional wisdom, a Jewish term. It means ‘storing up’ or ‘hiding away’, referring to a hidden space – often in...
Written just decades after the birth of Islam, a rare fragment from a seventh-century Qur’an recently fetched almost 1 million pounds. A preserved fragment like this is a rare find, and it is believed to be from the same Qur’an as others dated...
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