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Palermo Quran

مصحف باليرمو

A tenth-century mushaf in early Maghribi script whose folios dispersed among museums; a witness of Islamic Sicily to the Qur'anic text.

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Scripture and its sciencesArts of the book

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A Qur'an from the tenth century in early Maghribi script, its leaves scattered among museums; one of the witnesses to Islamic Sicily's text of the Qur'an. 1

People and things also explored

The seven ahruf· Hadith· Shama'il Muhammadiyya· The Prophetic sira· The Prophetic Sunna· Command, prohibition and capacity· Arabesque· The Sunna as explanation of the Qur'an

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islam.museum contributors. “Palermo Quran”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/object/mushaf-palermo/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-17.

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The seven ahruf

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