Surat al-Fil
Surat al-Fil
Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with the companions of the elephant?
Did He not make their plan into misguidance?
And He sent against them birds in flocks,
Striking them with stones of hard clay,
And He made them like eaten straw.
Soot ink on hand-dyed ahar paper, bordered with barok tezhib. Gouache and pulverized gold leaf were used in the illuminations. Zerefshan gold dust on outer border.
Private collection.