CUFIC MANUSCRIPT CHARACTER

وَ مَا تَنَزَّلَتْ بِهِ ٱ لْشَّيَاطِينُ وَ مَا يَنْبَغىِ لَهُمْ و مَا (يَسْتَطِيعوُنَ)‎ Wa mā tanazzalat bi-hi ash-shayāt̤īnu wa mā yanbag͟hī la-hum wa mā ( yastat̤īʿūna ). “The Satans were not sent down with it (the Qurʾān): it beseemed them not, and they had not the power .” ( Sūrah xxvi. 210 ; the words in italics correspond to the word yastat̤īʿūna , which is not contained in the Cufic original.) The next two specimens illustrate the Cufic style, as it is employed on monuments, and more particularly so its Maghrebian development. IMG:3048615538088815629_p688-1.jpg:No. 2. No. 2.