Mingana Qur’an · companion witness · Mingana Islamic Arabic 1572b
A separately catalogued early Qur’an witness.
Record reviewed 2026-11-05 ·
- Catalogue reference
- Mingana Islamic Arabic 1572b
- Institution / route
- University of Birmingham
- Region / collection context
- Islamic manuscript collections
- Language
- Arabic
- Physical form
- Parchment manuscript
- Translation evidence
- Selected verse mapping and English route
- Access route
- Original access restricted
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What the record covers
Selected unit Qur’an 6:76–79 mapped to folio 5r lines 2–9 in Corpus Coranicum. Catalogue numeric count says nine folios while descriptive text says seven surviving folios; discrepancy remains open.
Edition and translation
Corpus Coranicum manuscript 281 folio 5r, Arabic transliteration by Salome Beridze; corresponding English scripture readings located separately.
The open research question
Collate the photographs, clarify the inconsistent folio count and retain the separate unmeasured writing-date question. Do not borrow 1572a’s parchment radiocarbon interval.
Image and publication rights
Institution-hosted reading route. No image redistribution or new translation licence recorded for Babylon.
Dates and historical context
No numeric date has been assigned in this catalogue. A title, an ancient attribution or an older catalogue entry is insufficient to fix a date for the physical witness.
Dates for a copy or material do not automatically establish the date of composition, the events narrated, or a symbolic cycle.
Carry the reading into Babylon
Begin with the surviving words and the edition’s own uncertainty. Then explore Babylon’s named teaching with the Father and Yeshua at its devotional centre. Every reader keeps their dignity, judgement and freedom to question.
Related witnesses and routes
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Learning in the Light
In Babylon, the Father’s light opens perspective, learning and a chosen next step. Your worth remains intact. Every person is sovereign, with dignity, freedom and room to grow.
Read the learning principle ↗Passage and translation coverage
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Passage and translation coverage ↗Read the selected passage study
Qur’an 6:76–79 · folio 5r, lines 2–9 · Arabic verse-to-line concordance checked
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Qur’an 6:96–97 · Corpus Coranicum folio 5v lines 21–24, continuing at 6r line 1 · Two-folio verse and line mapping checked
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