Mirror Image of 'Ali wali Allah - World Digital Library
in the divinity of 'Ali, the fourth caliph of Islam and son-in-law of the Prophet Muhammad. As suggested by this panel, God and 'Ali are not dissociable. The panel probably...

Surat al-Nas and Du'a - World Digital Library
, the Prophet Muhammad, and all prophets, or al-mursilin (messengers) of Islam. This terminal du'a (formulaic prayer) continues in illuminated bands on the folio’s verso...

Anonymous Arabic and Persian Poetic Verses - World Digital Library
for his community on the Day of Judgment. It is a kind of praise or request directed towards the Prophet that is seen in a number of other calligraphic panels meant...

Prayer (Du'a) for Forgiveness - World Digital Library
for forgiveness both before and after death. Finally, it offers prayers for the Prophet Muhammad and his family and invokes God as the Most Merciful. The text is executed...

Shiʻi Invocation to a Ruler - World Digital Library
Description This calligraphic fragment contains a Shiʻi praise to a ruler by comparing him to the figure of ʻAli, son-in-law of the Prophet Muhammad, and his famous...

The Sibyls and Prophets Foretelling Christ the Savior - World Digital Library
and the history of salvation that she was said to have prophesied. The scenes on the right are accompanied by an Old Testament prophet and an evangelist. The manuscript...

Holy Qurʼan - World Digital Library
was revealed by God to the Prophet Mohammad (570–632) by the Angel Gabriel over a period of 22 years. The Qurʼan speaks in powerful, moving language about the reality...

The Five Surahs that Save - World Digital Library
on hadiths (sayings of the Prophet Muhammad) that are not well authenticated. The manuscript, probably copied in Iran, is on thick, cream laid paper, with the first...

Qur’an: Sūrat al-Anʻām - World Digital Library
of about 85 chapters that were said to have been revealed to the Prophet Muhammad in Mecca, before his hegira (migration) to Medina. As such, the themes...

Milestones of the Divine Revelation - World Digital Library
Revelation Description Al-Ḥusayn ibn Masʻūd al-Baghawī (circa 1044−circa 1117), nicknamed muḥyī al-sunnah (Reviver of the Prophet’s traditions), was a Shāfiʻi scholar...