Nurse's Quran

مصحف الممرضة

A printed mushaf marketed in Turkey and Europe with a fabricated tale of a nurse who received ijaza; a cautionary case of legend presented as provenance.

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Scripture and its sciencesPolemic and apologetic

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A printed Qur'an promoted in Turkey and Europe with a made-up story about a nurse who received a sheikhdom; an example of the dangers of confusing narrative with document. 1

People and things also explored

The abjad letters named for Madyan's kings· The seven ahruf· Hadith· Shama'il Muhammadiyya· The Prophetic sira· Command, prohibition and capacity· Bid'a (religious innovation)· Sacred hadith (hadith qudsi)

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islam.museum contributors. “Nurse's Quran”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/object/mushaf-al-mumarrida/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-18.

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The abjad letters named for Madyan's kings

al-Mas'udi's etymology of the abjad numeral letters — the 29 letters of the abjad order named after six kings of Shu'ayb's people: Abjad of Mecca and the Hijaz, Hawwaz and Hutti of Wajj (the Ta'if and Najd lands), and Kalamn, Sa'fas and Qursht of Madyan or Egypt.