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    Sitarah for Bab Jibril in the Prophet’s Mosque at Medina on Legacy-collections Sphere from

    The inscription inside the garland at the top of the sitarah states that it was made for Bab Jibril (‘Gate of Gabriel’ – one of the doors in the eastern wall of the Prophet’s mosque). Below it are verses 193–5 from surah al-Shu‘ara’, XXVI, ‘The Trustworthy Spirit has brought it [the Qur’an] down/ upon your heart [O! Muhammad], that you may be of the warners/ in a clear Arabic language.’

    Sitarah for the mosque of the Prophet in Medina