Unknown - Qur'an - Mughal India - 1750

A manuscript leaf sprinkled in gold from a Qur'an originating in Mughal India dating C1750. The scripture is bold nashki, 'meticulously produced'. The folio runs from the end of Surah 25, al-Furqan (The Decisive Authority) into the opening of Surah ash-Shu'ara (The Poets). The red marginal is a continuation of the Surah heading (in red in the main text) Makkiyya note, appearing to name the exceptions to the Surah's Makkan status. Note: Makkan (or Meccan) refers to the chapters (surahs) or verses of the Quran that were revealed to Prophet Muhammad before the Hijrah (his migration from Makkah to Madinah) in 622 CE, lasting roughly 13 years.

These closing verses of Chapter 25 conclude a beautiful exposition on the 'Ibad-ur-Rahman (the true servants of the Most Compassionate). They present a character blueprint for the ideal believer alongside a sobering warning to those who reject faith> the transition from the end of Surah Al-Furqan to the beginning of Surah Ash-Shu'ara represents a profound thematic continuation (Munasabah) in Quranic theology, bridging the criteria of human value with the reality of prophetic grief and human free will.

Simple gold round aya mark the verses. The scripture is framed with red linear column, and a blue outer frame line. A 'doublet' decorative marginal Juz marks the end. of chapter 25 and beginning of chapter 26.

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