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Topkapı manuscript

مصحف طوب قابي

An early Qur'an codex kept in Topkapı Palace and attributed to Uthman ibn Affan (may God be pleased with him); a key witness to the earliest Qur'anic text.

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An early Qur'an kept in Topkapi Palace and attributed to Uthman ibn Affan; one of the most important witnesses to the earliest Qur'anic text. 1

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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. “Topkapı manuscript”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/object/mushaf-topkapi/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-17.

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The seven ahruf

The Prophet's saying 'the Qur'an was revealed in seven ahruf, so read of it what is easy' — narrated through Umar's dispute with Hisham ibn Hakim over Surat al-Furqan; its exact meaning is one of the widest debates in Qur'anic sciences.