Qur'an Manuscript Folio 800s-900s Part of a set. See all set records Iran or Iraq, Abbasid Period, 9th-10th century Ink, gold, and color on parchment Sheet: 18.4 x 26 cm (7 1/4 x 10 1/4 in.) Edward L. Whittemore Fund 1933.494 DESCRIPTION This page features the last eight verses of the Sura al-Sad (named for the Arabic letter sad) and the opening verses of the Sura al-Zumar (the Companies); the latter begins: The sending down of the Book is from God the All-mighty, the All-wise. We have sent down to thee the Book with the truth; so worship God, making thy religion His sincerely. INSCRIPTION Kufi script. Text: XXXVIII:81-88, XXXIX:1-3 PROVENANCE ?-1933 (Ananda K. Coomaraswamy [1877-1947] sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) 1933- The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH