A Rock Inscription Asking For Forgiveness, 88 AH / 707 CE

Islamic Awareness

© Islamic Awareness, All Rights Reserved.

First Composed: 25th April 2020

Last Modified: 26th April 2020

Share
 submit to reddit

Assalamu ʿalaykum wa rahamatullahi wa barakatuhu:

(a)

(c)

Figure (a) photograph of original inscription, and (b) its transcription.

Date

88 AH / 707 CE.

Accession Number

–

Size

–

Script

Kufic.

Contents

The translation of the inscription is given below:

  1. O God, forgive
  2. ʿAbd
  3. Allāh bin Sʿad bin ʿAbd
  4. Allāh bin Sʿad bin Abī
  5. Dhubāb al-Numarī.
  6. Amen. Lord of the worlds. And he
  7. requested this in this gathering in
  8. (the month of) Jumāda in
  9. the year eight and
  10. eighty.

Comments

None.

Location

Saudi Arabia.

Bookmark and Share

References

[1] Via the Twitter feed of @mohammed93athar.

The images above are reproduced from the stated sources under the provisions of the copyright law. This allows for the reproduction of portions of copyrighted material for non-commercial, educational purposes.

With the exception for those images which have passed into the public domain, the use of these images for commercial purposes is expressly prohibited without the consent of the copyright holder.

Back To The Arabic & Islamic Inscriptions