The Coming Witnesses

The Many Blasphemies inscribed on the Dome of the Rock

Inscription on the Outer Face of the  Octagonal Arcade

S: In the name of God the Merciful, the Compassionate. There is no god but God alone, without partner. Say: He is God, One, God, the Everlasting, who has not begotten and has not been begotten. He is without equal. [Qur’an 112] Muhammad is God’s messenger, may God bless him.
SW: In the name of God the Merciful, the Compassionate. There is no god but God alone, without partner. Muhammad is God’s messenger. God and His angels send blessings on the Prophet.
W: 0 you who believe, send blessings on him and salute him with all respect. [Qur’an 33:56] In the name of God the Merciful, the Compassionate. There is no god but God alone. Praise
NW: to God who has not taken a son and who doesn’t have any partner in dominion nor any protector out of humbleness. Magnify Him greatly. [Qur’an 17:111] Muhammad is God’s messenger.
N: May God, His angels and His messengers bless him and God grant him peace and mercy. In the name of God the Merciful, the Compassionate. There is no god but God alone, without partner.
NE. To Him belongs dominion and to Him belong praise. He gives life and He makes to die; He is powerful over all things. [conflation of Qur’an 64:1 and 57.2] Muhammad is God’s messenger, may God bless him and accept his intercession on the day of resurrection for his community.
E: In the name of God the Merciful, the Compassionate. There is no god but God alone, without partner. Muhammad is God’s messenger, may God bless him. There built this dome the servant of God
SE: ‘Ab[d al-Malik, commander] of believers, in the year seventy-two, may God accept [it] from him and be pleased with him. Amen. Lord of the worlds. Praise to God.

Inscription on the Inner Face of the Octagonal Arcade

S: In the name of God the Merciful, the Compassionate. There is no god but God alone, without partner. To Him belongs dominion and to Him belongs praise. He gives life and He makes to die; He is powerful over all things. [conflation of Qur’an 64:1 and 57:2] Muhammad is God’s servant and His messenger.
SE. God and His angels send blessings on the Prophet. 0 you who believe, send blessings on him and salute him with all respect. [Qur’an 33:56] May God bless him and grant him peace and mercy. 0 people of the book, do not go beyond the bounds in your religion,
E: nor say anything but the truth about God. The Messiah Jesus son of Mary, was only God’s messenger, His word that He committed to Mary, and a spirit proceeding from Him. So believe in God and His messengers. Do not say ‘three’. Refrain,
NE: it is better for you. For God is one god. Glory he to Him – that He should have a son! To Him belongs all that is in the heavens and in the earth. God suffices for a guardian [Qur’an 4:171]. The Messiah will not disdain to be
N: God’s servant; nor will the angels who are stationed near to Him. Whoever disdains to serve him and waxes proud, He will muster them to Him, all of them. [Qur’an 4:172] 0 God, bless your messenger and servant, Jesus
NW: son of Mary. Peace be upon him the day he was born, the day he dies, and the day he is raised up alive. That is Jesus son of Mary, in word of truth, about which they are doubting. It is not for God to take a son. Glory be to Him.
W: When He decrees a thing, he only says to it ‘Be’ and it is. God is my lord and your lord. So serve Him. This is a straight path. [Qur’an 19:34-36 paraphrased] God, His angels, and men possessed of knowledge and upholding justice bear witness that there is no god but He. There is no god but He
SW: the all-mighty, the all-wise. The true religion with God is Islam. Those who were given the book did not dissent except after knowledge came to them, when they became envious of each other. Whoever disbelieves in God’s-signs, God will swiftly call to account. [Qur’an 3:18-19].