Nisa' was obscured by intricate gold leaf patterns added to the manuscript, likely intended to hide a calligrapher's mistake.

Written in the simple yet elegant Hijazi script, this manuscript is one of ... Another eye-catching piece is a Holy Quran completed in July 1639 by Muhammad al-Hafiz, a renowned calligrapher ...

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The Al Azhar Library comprises various valuable manuscripts that were prepared thousands of years ago, including a 50cm long and 35cm wide Holy Quran that was prepared 300 years ago in 60 days.

A Quran manuscript has been carbon dated to close to the time of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), making it one of the oldest in the world, a British university said on Wednesday. The two leaves of ...

On the blessed occasion of Ramadan-ul-Mubarik, the exhibition of the rare and ancient manuscripts of the Holy Quran was inaugurated in Islamabad on Monday. The exhibition was organized by Iranian ...