Who wrote the Blue Quran?

One theory is that the Blue Quran was produced in Persia during the Abbasid Caliphate. This was first proposed by Frederik R. Martin, a Swedish diplomat and dealer, who introduced the Blue Quran to the academic community.
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How was the Blue Quran made?

From the Blue Qur'an, one of the most lavish Qur'an manuscripts ever produced, this double-sided leaf contains fifteen lines of kufic script in gold ink on indigo-dyed parchment. Like most Qur'ans from the eighth through the tenth century, it is distinguished by a horizontal format, use of parchment, and kufic script.
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Who wrote the original Quran?

The present form of the Quran text is accepted by Muslim scholars to be the original version compiled by Abu Bakr.
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Who is the founder of Islam?

The rise of Islam is intrinsically linked with the Prophet Muhammad, believed by Muslims to be the last in a long line of prophets that includes Moses and Jesus.
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How did Muhammad look like?

He had black eyes that were large with long lashes. His joints were rather large. He had little hairs that stood up, extending from his chest down to his navel, but the rest of his body was almost hairless. “He had thick palms and thick fingers and toes.
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Why is the Blue Quran important?

The “Blue” Qur'an, so named after the rich, indigo-dyed parchment used for its folios, is arguably one of the most extraordinary luxury manuscripts ever created. The angular gold Kufic script was executed using the technique of chrysography, in which ground gold suspended in solution is carefully applied.
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What is blue in Islam?

in islamic tradition, blue (al-azraq) often signifies the impenetrable depths of the universe, and turquoise blue is thought to have mystical quali- ties. as a result, muslims imagine that a person with blue eyes has divinely endowed qualities.
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Where is oldest Quran?

The Topkapi manuscript is an early manuscript of the Quran dated to the early 8th century. It is kept in the Topkapi Palace Museum, Istanbul, Turkey. Originally attributed to Uthman Ibn Affan (d.
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Who built the Kaaba?

Some say that it was built by the angels. Others say the father of humankind, Adam built the Kaba but over many centuries it fell into disrepair and was lost in the mists of time, to be rebuilt by Prophet Abraham and his son Ishmael. All agree that the Kaba was either built or rebuilt by Prophet Abraham.
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What is older the Quran or the Bible?

Knowing that versions written in the Hebrew Bible and the Christian New Testament does predate the Quran, Christians reason the Quran as being derived directly or indirectly from the earlier materials. Muslims understand the Quran to be knowledge from an omnipotent God.
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Where is the original copy of Quran?

What may be the world's oldest fragments of the Koran have been found by the University of Birmingham. Radiocarbon dating found the manuscript to be at least 1,370 years old, making it among the earliest in existence.
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What Colour is the Quran?

As a result, you'll see green used to color the binding of Qurans, the domes of mosques, and, yes, campaign materials. Green has other properties, too, that make it a natural fit for Islam and the Middle East.
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Which Colour is mentioned in the Quran?

The colours in the Holy Quran

Allah mentioned in the Holy Quran primary col- ours: yellow, blue, and red, some of secondary col- ours, for example, green and neutral colours white and black. Occasionally, Allah mentioned some col- ours in a straightforward way, for instance, white, black, red and green.
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How many colors are there in Quran?

They have shown that we can see about 1000 levels of light-dark, 100 levels of red-green, and 100 levels of yellow-blue for a single viewing condition in a laboratory. This means that the total number of colors we can see is about 1000 x 100 x 100 = 10,000,000 (10 million).
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What is the Quran split into?

There are 114 surahs in the Quran, each divided into ayats (verses). The chapters or surahs are of unequal length; the shortest surah (Al-Kawthar) has only three verses while the longest (Al-Baqara) contains 286 verses. Of the 114 chapters in the Quran, 86 are classified as Meccan, while 28 are Medinan.
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What do colors mean in Islam?

Meanings. Green – The silk and pillows of Jannah are believed to be green. White – Considered the purest and cleanest color in Islam and the color of the flag of Muḥammad, the Young Eagle. Black – The color of Jahannam as well as the color of the Black Standard.
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How Islam came about?

Most historians believe that Islam originated in Mecca and Medina at the start of the 7th century CE. Muslims regard Islam as a return to the original faith of the Abrahamic prophets, such as Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, David, Solomon, and Jesus, with the submission (Islām) to the will of God.
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What is Allah's favorite color?

According to the observation of Muslim scholars, white is the best colour as it is chosen by Allah for the Prophet PBUH.
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What is the color of Allah?

Allah the Almighty has describe that the people of heaven are wearing basically in silk green in color and the beds that recline them carousing in paradise. Same goes to the Prophet peace be upon him is love to wear the green clothes which is the color of nature of the earth.
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Which color is prohibited in Islam?

According to hadith litera- ture, the Prophet prohibited men from wearing yellow: 'The Prophet, peace be upon him, has prohibited us from wearing yellow clothing' (al-Nasa'ī 1988).
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What is Allah's Favourite number?

Almost all the Muslims want 786 in their car no., mobile number, and in house number, etc. Every letter in the Arabic alphabet has a numerical value. In other words, in Arabic every letter stands for a number and the number 786 is numerical value [Abjad] of Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem in Arabic.
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Is color Quran Haram?

Mohamed Salem Abu Assy, the dean of post-graduate studies at Al-Azhar University, said that colored Qurans are not forbidden, so long as they encourage the reader to recite the Quran and be more interested in reading it.
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What Colour is Christianity?

In the upper corner is a blue square, the color of the unclouded sky, emblematic of heaven, the home of the Christian; also a symbol of faith and trust. in the center of the blue is the cross, the ensign and chosen symbol of Christianity: the cross is red, typical of Christ's blood.
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Which is the oldest holy book?

The Zabūr (also Zabur, Arabic: الزَّبُورُ) is, according to Islam , the holy book of Daʾud (David), one of the holy books revealed by God before the Quran, alongside others such as the Tawrāh (Torah) of Musa (Moses) and the Injīl (Gospel)).
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How old is the oldest Quran?

The Birmingham Quran manuscript is a parchment on which two leaves of an early Quranic manuscript are written. In 2015 the manuscript, which is held by the University of Birmingham, was radiocarbon dated to between 568 and 645 CE (in the Islamic calendar, between 56 BH and 25 AH).
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