The inscription, which is the earliest known Arabic writing, "shows evidence of a fully-fledged system of diacritical marks," according to researcher Ali ibn Ibrahim Ghabban. The sandstone was found in Saudi Arabia.
Islamic grafitti may help solve Qur'an mystery
Submitted by Milica on Sun, 2008-12-14 17:41
A 7th century inscription in stone by an Arabic traveler may help solve a mystery about the Qur'an pondered by scholars for centuries: Why was the text seemingly written without diacritical marks?
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