Maryam (surah)
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Maryam is the 19th chapter of the Qur'an with 98 verses. The 114 chapters in the Quran are roughly ordered by size. The Quranic chapter is named after Mary, mother of Jesus, and the Virgin Mary in Chr
Sura 19
Double-page from the Qur'an with chapter heading and first twenty nine verses of surah Maryam. This spread marking the middle of the text also has elaborate decorative panels with Qur'anic passages at the top and bottom. Iran, 1186. Chester Beatty Library.
Qur'an made for emperor Akbar with chapter heading and first thirty-one verses of sura Maryam. Lahore, 1573/1574. British Library
Mary and Jesus in a Persian miniature
Birmingham Quran manuscript
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The Birmingham Quran manuscript comprises two leaves of parchment from an early Quranic manuscript or muṣḥaf. In 2015, the manuscript, which is held by the University of Birmingham in England, was rad
Maryam (surah)
…Jesus. The text of the surah refers to many known prophetic figures, including Isaac, Jacob, Moses, Aaron, Ishmael, Idris, Adam, Zechariah and Noah. The Birmingham Quran manuscript preserves the final eight verses (Q19:91–98), on parchment radiocarbon dated to between 568 and 645 CE (56 BH – 25 AH). The Sanaa manuscript, dated…
folio 1 verso (right) and folio 2 recto
Comparison of a 20th-century edition of the Quran (left) and the Birmingham Quran manuscript (right)
Close-up of part of folio 2 recto, showing chapter division and verse-end markings in Hijazi script
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