Mosaics on the Dome of the Rock from 72 A.H.

The Islamic-Awareness.org website has an interesting new update entitled The Arabic Islamic Inscriptions On The Dome Of The Rock In Jerusalem. This article graphically documents the Arabic mosaics that were completed in 72 A.H. — a time in which some Sahabah were still alive — and which still survive to this day on the Dome of the Rock (Arabic: Qubat as-Sakhirah). In the not too distant future, insha'llah, there should be an update showing a verse-by-verse, or phrase-by-phrase, breakdown of these inscriptions and their corresponding texts in the Qur'ân and hadîth.

This is the most recent of several Islamic-Awareness.org articles on The Dome of the Rock, so those who are interested in knowing more about this holy site and some of the polemics surrounding it should certainly read all of them. Likewise, there's an invaluable book entitled The Dome of the Rock, by Said Nuseibah (photographer) and Oleg Grabar (author), that not only gives a detailed history of the site, but provides complete photographic documentation of the entire building — including the mosaics which date back to the first Hijri century.