Cyprus. Inscription of AH 26 (© Gallica).
Working transcription 02/2021.
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| Title | Cyprus Inscription of AH 29 (650 CE) |
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| Author | C. Schefer |
| Print edition recorded by | ميخائيل بن إلياس |
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| Authority for | See Concordance |
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| Language | عَرَبِيّ |
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| Topic | Records the death of 'Urwa, son of Thābit |
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| Min | 640 |
| Max | 640 |
| Comment | Dated ramaḍān 29 |
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| Description | Not recorded, likely Kufic. |
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| Description | Not recorded |
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| Misc notes | The existence of the inscription rests on the testimony of al-Harawī (d. 1215) who saw it embedded in the walls of a church when he visited Cyprus. It purports to give the text of surā al-Ikhlāṣ (ٱلإخْلَاص).
قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ ١ اللَّهُ الصَّمَدُ ٢ لَمْ يَلِدْ وَلَمْ يُولَدْ ٣ وَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُ كُفُوًا أَحَدٌ ٤
God the one, God the eternal, He did not beget and was not begotten, And there is none like unto Him. |