Qur'anic Verses on Islamic Coins: A Comparative Study

"Al-Ayat al-qur'aniyya ala al-maskukat al-islamiyya: dirasa muqarana" ("Qur'anic Verses on Islamic Coins: A Comparative Study") is a book by Farajallah Ahmad Yusuf, published by the King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies in Riyadh, first edition 1423/2003, 440 pages. ^{2 3}

It began as a doctoral thesis submitted to the Department of Islamic Archaeology, Faculty of Archaeology, Cairo University, in 1418/1997, supervised by Hasan al-Basha and Ra'fat al-Nabarawi. ¹

The author studies Qur'anic verses on coins from their Arabisation in 77 AH under Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan, following each verse from its first appearance on coins, analysing why it was inscribed and linking it to the political, sectarian and economic conditions of each age. ¹ The study covers 72 verses, and the author publishes 76 previously unpublished dinars, dirhams and fulus. ¹

After a preface and an introduction on pre-Islamic Arab coinage and the Arabisation of coinage, a section is given to each verse in order of appearance, followed by the newly published coins, tables of the verses on coins, sources, indexes of persons and places, and plates. ^{4 5}