Quranic Inscriptions

A:inscriptions at the Dome of the Rock

Primary documents for the condition of the Quranic text in the first century of Islam are ‘Abd al-Maliks two long inscriptions in blue-and-gold glass mosaic, which encircle respectively the inner and outer faces of the octagonal arcade at the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem.
They are still preserved in their entirety, except for the substitution of the name of the ‘Abbasid al-Mamun (198-218 / 813-33) for that of ‘Abd al-Malik; al-Mamun did not, however, change the foundation date included by his predecessor, 72 / 691-92, which thus ensures that the inscriptions were actually executed in the reign of ‘Abd al-Malik.
The main inscription consists of brief invocations combined with a series of passages taken from what are now various parts of the Quran, all concerned with a single theme - challenging Christian dogma in the main Christian pilgrimage city.
The text was originally read as a single inscription by Max van Berchem, who began with the outer face of the arcade and thus located the foundation notice in the middle, supposedly followed by the Quranic verses on the inner face of the same arcade; this sequence has been accepted without question by most subsequent scholars.

کتيبه‌هاي قرآني

1. كتيبه‌هاي موجود در قبة الصخرة

اولين مدارک [دال] بر وضعيت متن قرآن در قرن اول هجري، دو کتيبه طولاني در کاشي‌هاي لعابي آو طلايي است كه نماهاي دروني و بروني گذر‌گاه هشت‌ضلعي قبة الصخرة در اورشليم را احاطه کرده‌اند. ^۱ اين کتيبه‌ها هنوز به طور كامل باقي مانده‌اند، جز آن که نام مأمون عباسي، جايگزين نام عبدالملک بن مروان شده است، اما مأمون تاريخ تأسيس را که به وسيله سلف او (عبدالملک) گنجانده شده بود، تغيير نداد. اين مطلب اثبات مي‌کند که کتيبه‌ها واقعاً در عهد عبدالملک نگاشته شده‌اند.
متن اصلي کتيبه، ترکيبي است از مناجاتي مختصر همراه با يک سري از تعابيري از آنچه در حال حاضر بخش‌هاي مختلفي از قرآن هستند و همه آنها به موضوع واحدي ـ به مبارزه‌ طلبيدن اصول عقايد مسيحيان در شهر اصلي زيارتي آنان ـ مرتبط هستند.