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Quran, Sura 38 (ṣād) (Codex Parisino-petropolitanus)

        
Quran, Sura 38 (ṣād) (Codex Parisino-petropolitanus)

        
Codex Parisino-petropolitanus, BnF Arabe 328 (7th-8th c.), 

        
Codex Parisino-petropolitanus (BnF Arabe 328) via Gallica IIIF + Corpus Coranicum folio mapping + Tanzil + Pickthall · Tanzil Uthmani text (CC BY 3.0); folio mapping Corpus Coranicum

        
      


      
      
      

      

        
Introduction

        
Sura 38 (ṣād) as preserved on 1 folio side of the Codex Parisino-petropolitanus (Paris, BnF Arabe 328 (a) and (b)), one of the oldest surviving Quran manuscripts, written in hijazi script on parchment, c. 650-750 AD. Each section below is one folio side, and the image shown is that exact page.
  1. Manuscript scan: the specific folio side from Gallica (Bibliotheque nationale de France IIIF). The folio's sura:verse range was taken from the Corpus Coranicum "Manuscripta Coranica" record for that page, which states the first and last word on the page; the folio numbers of both services were cross-checked by comparing the two images pixel by pixel.
  2. Original text: the Arabic of the Tanzil Project Uthmani text (CC BY 3.0), reproduced unchanged, verse by verse.
  3. English: Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), public domain, verse by verse.
Orthography: the codex is written in scriptio defectiva: no vowel signs, almost no consonantal dots, long vowels often unwritten, and letter shapes that differ from the printed Uthmani text. The modern text given here therefore differs orthographically from what is on the folio while conveying the same reading; readers should expect, for example, the basmala and words such as qala to be spelled with fewer letters on the page.
Numbering: verse numbers follow the standard Kufan (Cairo 1924) division used by Corpus Coranicum, Tanzil and Pickthall. Early codices mark verse ends with ink dots that in places divide the text differently, so a verse count made on the page may not match these numbers exactly. In Tanzil's text the basmala opening each sura (except sura 9) is printed as part of verse 1. Where a page begins or ends in the middle of a verse the whole verse is given and the word position is stated in the section heading.
Lacunae: the surviving Paris leaves do not carry every verse of this sura. Only the verses listed in the sections below are on the folios shown; the rest of the sura is lost or preserved in other fragments of the same codex (St Petersburg Marcel 18, Vatican Ar. 1605/1, London KFQ 60) that are not included here.

      


      

        

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Manuscript: Codex Parisino-petropolitanus, BnF Arabe 328 (7th-8th c.) — page scan from Codex Parisino-petropolitanus (BnF Arabe 328) via Gallica IIIF + Corpus Coranicum folio mapping + Tanzil + Pickthall.

            
Original text: Tanzil Uthmani text (CC BY 3.0); folio mapping Corpus Coranicum (public domain).

            
English translation: Marmaduke Pickthall (1930) (public domain).

            
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            §38.66-88 (fol. 56r) · Quran 38:66-88, BnF Arabe 328 fol. 56r (page continues into sura 39 (39:4))
            

              
              
              
            

          


          
          

            
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Arabic · Tanzil Uthmani

                    
66رَبُّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْغَفَّٰرُ 67قُلْ هُوَ نَبَؤٌا۟ عَظِيمٌ 68أَنتُمْ عَنْهُ مُعْرِضُونَ 69مَا كَانَ لِىَ مِنْ عِلْمٍۭ بِٱلْمَلَإِ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰٓ إِذْ يَخْتَصِمُونَ 70إِن يُوحَىٰٓ إِلَىَّ إِلَّآ أَنَّمَآ أَنَا۠ نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ 71إِذْ قَالَ رَبُّكَ لِلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ إِنِّى خَٰلِقٌۢ بَشَرًا مِّن طِينٍ 72فَإِذَا سَوَّيْتُهُۥ وَنَفَخْتُ فِيهِ مِن رُّوحِى فَقَعُوا۟ لَهُۥ سَٰجِدِينَ 73فَسَجَدَ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ كُلُّهُمْ أَجْمَعُونَ 74إِلَّآ إِبْلِيسَ ٱسْتَكْبَرَ وَكَانَ مِنَ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ 75قَالَ يَٰٓإِبْلِيسُ مَا مَنَعَكَ أَن تَسْجُدَ لِمَا خَلَقْتُ بِيَدَىَّ أَسْتَكْبَرْتَ أَمْ كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلْعَالِينَ 76قَالَ أَنَا۠ خَيْرٌ مِّنْهُ خَلَقْتَنِى مِن نَّارٍ وَخَلَقْتَهُۥ مِن طِينٍ 77قَالَ فَٱخْرُجْ مِنْهَا فَإِنَّكَ رَجِيمٌ 78وَإِنَّ عَلَيْكَ لَعْنَتِىٓ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ 79قَالَ رَبِّ فَأَنظِرْنِىٓ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ يُبْعَثُونَ 80قَالَ فَإِنَّكَ مِنَ ٱلْمُنظَرِينَ 81إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلْوَقْتِ ٱلْمَعْلُومِ 82قَالَ فَبِعِزَّتِكَ لَأُغْوِيَنَّهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ 83إِلَّا عِبَادَكَ مِنْهُمُ ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ 84قَالَ فَٱلْحَقُّ وَٱلْحَقَّ أَقُولُ 85لَأَمْلَأَنَّ جَهَنَّمَ مِنكَ وَمِمَّن تَبِعَكَ مِنْهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ 86قُلْ مَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ وَمَآ أَنَا۠ مِنَ ٱلْمُتَكَلِّفِينَ 87إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَٰلَمِينَ 88وَلَتَعْلَمُنَّ نَبَأَهُۥ بَعْدَ حِينٍۭ

            
          


          

            
English · Marmaduke Pickthall (1930)

                    
66Lord of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them, the Mighty, the Pardoning. 67Say: It is tremendous tidings 68Whence ye turn away! 69I had no knowledge of the Highest Chiefs when they disputed; 70It is revealed unto me only that I may be a plain warner. 71When thy Lord said unto the angels: Lo! I am about to create a mortal out of mire, 72And when I have fashioned him and breathed into him of My Spirit, then fall down before him prostrate, 73The angels fell down prostrate, every one, 74Saving Iblis; he was scornful and became one of the disbelievers. 75He said: O Iblis! What hindereth thee from falling prostrate before that which I have created with both My hands? Art thou too proud or art thou of the high exalted? 76He said: I am better than him. Thou createdst me of fire, whilst him Thou didst create of clay. 77He said: Go forth from hence, for lo! thou art outcast, 78And lo! My curse is on thee till the Day of Judgment. 79He said: My Lord! Reprieve me till the day when they are raised. 80He said: Lo! thou art of those reprieved 81Until the day of the time appointed. 82He said: Then, by Thy might, I surely will beguile them every one, 83Save Thy single-minded slaves among them. 84He said: The Truth is, and the Truth I speak, 85That I shall fill hell with thee and with such of them as follow thee, together. 86Say (O Muhammad, unto mankind): I ask of you no fee for this, and I am no simulating. 87Lo! it is naught else than a reminder for all peoples 88And ye will come in time to know the truth thereof.

          

        

        
      


    

    

    

      
      

        
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  • Source text: Codex Parisino-petropolitanus (BnF Arabe 328) via Gallica IIIF + Corpus Coranicum folio mapping + Tanzil + Pickthall — view original
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  • Critical edition: Tanzil Uthmani text (CC BY 3.0); folio mapping Corpus Coranicum
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