# Qur'an Manuscript Folio (recto)

- Date: 800s–900s
- Medium: ink, gold, and color on parchment
- Classification: Calligraphy
- Dimensions: Sheet: 18.4 x 26 cm (7 1/4 x 10 1/4 in.); Text area: 12.7 x 20.3 cm (5 x 8 in.)
- Culture: Iraq or Iran, Abbasid period, 9th–10th century
- Credit line: Edward L. Whittemore Fund
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/1933.494.a)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1933.494.a/1933.494.a_web.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

This page features the last eight verses of the Sura al-Sad (named for the Arabic letter sad) and the opening verses of the Sura al-Zumar (the Companies). The latter begins: The sending down of the Book is from God the All-mighty, the All-wise. We have sent down to thee the Book with the truth; so worship God, making thy religion His sincerely.