Morisco Quran

The Morisco Quran describes a selection of Quranic excerpts that constituted Qurans used in Morisco communities in Iberia beginning in the early 16th century, after the forced conversion of Muslims to Catholicism in 1502 in Castile, 1526 in Aragon.[1]

Al-Fatiha in a Morisco Quran with line-by-line translations of the Arabic into Castillian in Aljamiado script.

The selection of surahs and verses appearing in Morisco Qurans represents about 12% of a full muṣḥaf.[1]

Content

The excerpts of Quranic text included in the Morisco Quran were: Al-Fatiha; verses 1–5, 163, 255–257, and 284–286 of Al-Baqara; verses 1–6, 18, the first part of verse 19, and verses 26–27 of Al Imran; verses 128–129 of At-Tawbah; verses 78–89 of Ash-Shu'ara; verse 88 of Al-Qasas; verses 17–19 of Ar-Rum; 40–44 of Al-Ahzab; Ya-Sin; Al-Mulk; and surahs 78–114.[1]

In addition to this selection of Quranic surahs and verses, there were prayers and ahadith.[1] This selection of Quranic text appears systematically and with limited variation in surviving manuscripts from the time, with some variants including other verses but always including all of the aforementioned basis of excerpts.[1]

References

de Castilla, Nuria. "The Moriscos and the Qur'an - Iberian Connections : Medieval and Early Modern Studies & Contemporary Critical Thought". iberian-connections.yale.edu. Retrieved 2023-01-24.

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[:0-1] Castilla, Nuria. "The Moriscos and the Qur'an - Iberian Connections : Medieval and Early Modern Studies & Contemporary Critical Thought". iberian-connections.yale.edu. Retrieved 2023-01-24.