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By the 12th century, al-Karaji's successors were to state the general rules of signs and use them to solve polynomial divisions. [25] As al-Samaw'al writes: the product of a negative number—al-nāqiṣ—by a positive number—al-zāʾid—is negative, and by a negative number is positive. If we subtract a negative number from a higher ...
v. 1 [6] 104: Al-Humazah: ٱلْهُمَزَة al-Humazah: The Scandalmonger, The Traducer, The Gossipmonger, The Slanderer: 9 (1/3) Makkah: 32: 6: v. 1 [6] 105: Al-Feel: ٱلْفِيل al-Fīl: The Elephant: 5 (1/3) Makkah: 19: 9: v. 1 [6] The Abyssinian attack against Mecca in the year 570 CE, the Year of the Elephant. [6] 106: Quraish ...
The Sanaa palimpsest (also Ṣanʽā’ 1 or DAM 01-27.1) or Sanaa Quran is one of the oldest Quranic manuscripts in existence. [1] Part of a sizable cache of Quranic and non-Quranic fragments discovered in Yemen during a 1972 restoration of the Great Mosque of Sanaa, the manuscript was identified as a palimpsest Quran in 1981 as it is written on parchment and comprises two layers of text.
Al-ʻAlaq (Arabic: العلق, al-ʻalaq, also known as "The Clinging Clot" or "The Embryo" [1]) is the 96th chapter of the Qur'an. It is composed of 19 āyāt or verses. It is sometimes also known as Sūrat Iqrā (سورة إقرا, "Read"). Chapter 96 of the Qur'an is traditionally believed to have been Muhammad's first revelation.