Q20_Birm1572a.xml: verse 25 begins at the end of line 12 and continues into 13; verse 28 ends in line 14. This is the dataset’s original foliation.
Qur’an manuscripts · Arabic
Moses’s prayer for understanding: Birmingham Qur’an 1572a
Fedeli’s Arabic transcription maps Moses’s prayer in Qur’an 20:25–28 to folio 1v, lines 12–14, using the former combined-volume numbering.
Verse-to-folio-and-line mapping checked
- Physical witness
- Mingana Islamic Arabic 1572a · University of Birmingham
- Selected unit
- Qur’an 20:25–28 · old combined-volume folio 1v, lines 12–14
- Edition or research reference
- Alba Fedeli, Birmingham Qur’an manuscript Mingana Islamic Arabic 1572a transcription dataset (2 October 2015), Q20_Birm1572a.xml. Corresponding-verse English readings: named translations in the Quranic Arabic Corpus.
- Review boundary
- The Arabic XML and corresponding English scripture readings were inspected. No independent photograph-to-letter audit or new diplomatic English translation was completed.
Follow the reading
The Quranic Arabic Corpus displays separately credited English scripture translations, including Pickthall. These render the corresponding verses and are not a manuscript-specific translation of every spelling or correction.
Qur’an 20:25–28 is mapped to the transcription’s folio 1v, lines 12–14, with named corresponding-verse English reading routes.
Read the selected passage
The prayer follows Moses’s commission and asks for help carrying it out: openness of heart or chest, ease in the task and release of impeded speech so that listeners understand. English translators make different choices for the bodily image.
Fedeli’s transcription gives these verses a specific manuscript address. That correspondence does not independently verify every letter against a photograph, nor make one English rendering an exhaustive account of the witness’s writing.
What remains to check
Collate the photograph, retain correction and supplied-letter markers, and document the relation of the former combined-volume foliation to current image labels.
Bring the learning forward
Before a difficult conversation, ask what would make your speech clearer and your listening more generous. The learning can support a truthful next step without shame or a judgement that difficulty speaking means spiritual failure.
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Sources you can retrace
These source links identify the consulted catalogue, transcription, edition or scholarly quotation. Source images and complete modern translations remain at their original hosts.
- University of Birmingham · Fedeli transcription dataset ↗
Alba Fedeli, 2 October 2015. XML header: CC BY-NC-SA; source dataset is linked rather than reproduced.
Consulted Arabic dataset record - Birmingham · transcription ZIP ↗
University of Birmingham research data; Arabic transcription, not an English translation.
Consulted source file Q20_Birm1572a.xml - Quranic Arabic Corpus · corresponding English verse 20:25 ↗
Quranic Arabic Corpus; compare adjacent verses 26–28 and retain the named translator for each reading.
Consulted corresponding-verse translations
Cite this Babylon study
Babylon Learning Centre. “Moses’s prayer for understanding: Birmingham Qur’an 1572a.” Passage Research Studio, revision 1, 5 November 2026. https://learn.babylonencyclopedia.com/research/passages/quran-moses-prayer/
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