

But His light and blessing will remain with them in their bodies.'” He will look at them, and they will look at Him, and they will not pay any attention to the delights (of Paradise) so long as they look at Him, until He will screen Himself from them. “Salam (peace be upon you) – a Word from the Lord (Allah), The Most Merciful.” ( 36:58)

He will say: “Peace be upon you, O people of Paradise.” This is what Allah says in the Verse: “The Messenger of Allah said: ‘While the people of Paradise are enjoying their blessings, a light will shine upon them, and they will raise their heads, and they will see their Lord looking upon them from above. He said: So they remained (where they were).”ģ6.3 It was narrated that Jabor bin ‘Abdullah ( رضي الله عنه ) said ‘We record that which they send before (them), and their traces.'” ( 36:12) “The houses of the Ansar were far from the mosque and they wanted to move closer. Whoever recites Ya-Sin, then for its recitation, Allah writes for him that he recited the Qur’an ten times.” Original resource at: The British Library.ĭescription based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.That the Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم) said: “Indeed for everything there is a heart, and the Qur’an’s heart is Ya-Sin. Reference extracted from World Digital Library: Annabel Gallop, "An illuminated Malay Qurʼan," Southeast Asia Library Group (SEALG) Blog, March 12, 2013. Original resource extent: 307 folios 223 x 165 millimeters. "British Library manuscript reference number: Or 15227"-Note extracted from World Digital Library. Title devised, in English, by Library staff. The manuscript was displayed in the British Library's sacred texts exhibition in 2007 and also was featured in the accompanying book on Qurʼan manuscripts. This is the first Qurʼan manuscript in the British Library to be digitized in its entirety. Marginalia include juz' marked by beautiful ornaments with the words al-juz' reserved in white against a colored background in a roundel with floral extensions above and below (these markers are found every 10 folios, always situated in the top-right corner of the verso of a folio) maqra' written in red ink in a very small hand and catchwords at the end of every quire. Surah headings are set within rectangular frames, reserved in white against five colored panels, alternating either green and red, or blue and red. Verse markers are yellow (and occasionally green) roundels outlined in black. Text frames are ruled lines of black-thick yellow-black-black-red ink.

The illuminated pages have six double decorated frames and one single decorated frame in the "East Coast" style. The hybrid character of this manuscript is emphasized by some other unusual features, including the presence of double decorated frames in the middle of the book marking the start of Surat al-Kahf and Surat Yasin, instead of just at the beginning of Surat al-Isra', as is usual in east coast Qurʼans. And yet the exactitude of the drawing and coloring, and the repetition of ornamental details, is more typical of Qurʼans from the court of Terengganu, just south of Kelantan, the richest center for Islamic manuscript illumination in Southeast Asia. In many ways, the Qurʼan is typical of manuscript production in Patani, with black endpapers of Thai manufacture, a cloth cover with elaborate stitched headbands, and illuminated frames with typical Patani features, such as the interlocking-wave motif. On the basis of various codicological features, the manuscript can be attributed to the cultural zone encompassing Kelantan, on the northeast coast of Malaysia, and Patani, in southern Thailand. This exquisite illuminated Qurʼan (Or 15227) dating from the 19th century originates from the east coast of the Malay Peninsula.
