Madinan codex order
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Madinan codex order is the traditional arrangement of Qur’anic surahs and verses as preserved in the early Medinan manuscript tradition and followed in most standard printed muṣḥafs today.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Madinan codex order canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5629006 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Madinan codex order Context triple: [MushafAl-MadinahOrder, hasAlternativeName, Madinan codex order]
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A.
Codex
Codex is an AI system developed by OpenAI that translates natural language into code and powers tools like GitHub Copilot.
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B.
Nowell Codex
The Nowell Codex is the late 10th–early 11th century Old English manuscript best known for preserving the only surviving copy of the epic poem Beowulf, along with several other important prose and poetic texts.
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C.
Book of Order
The Book of Order is the constitutional document of the Presbyterian Church (USA) that outlines its governance, structure, and procedures.
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D.
Codex CXVII
Codex CXVII is the shelfmark of the Vercelli Book, a late 10th-century Old English manuscript renowned for preserving a key collection of Anglo-Saxon prose and poetry, including several important religious texts and poems.
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E.
Codex Euricianus
The Codex Euricianus is one of the earliest known Germanic law codes, issued by the Visigothic king Euric in the late 5th century to regulate relations between Goths and Romans.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Madinan codex order Target entity description: Madinan codex order is the traditional arrangement of Qur’anic surahs and verses as preserved in the early Medinan manuscript tradition and followed in most standard printed muṣḥafs today.
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A.
Codex
Codex is an AI system developed by OpenAI that translates natural language into code and powers tools like GitHub Copilot.
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B.
Nowell Codex
The Nowell Codex is the late 10th–early 11th century Old English manuscript best known for preserving the only surviving copy of the epic poem Beowulf, along with several other important prose and poetic texts.
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C.
Book of Order
The Book of Order is the constitutional document of the Presbyterian Church (USA) that outlines its governance, structure, and procedures.
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D.
Codex CXVII
Codex CXVII is the shelfmark of the Vercelli Book, a late 10th-century Old English manuscript renowned for preserving a key collection of Anglo-Saxon prose and poetry, including several important religious texts and poems.
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E.
Codex Euricianus
The Codex Euricianus is one of the earliest known Germanic law codes, issued by the Visigothic king Euric in the late 5th century to regulate relations between Goths and Romans.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Qurʾanic surah order tradition
ⓘ
textual arrangement ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
Qurʾanic surahs
ⓘ
Qurʾanic verses ⓘ |
| associatedWithCity | Medina ⓘ |
| basisFor | standard surah numbering systems ⓘ |
| codifiedIn | muṣḥaf layout conventions ⓘ |
| contrastedWith | alternative early codex orders ⓘ |
| defines | canonical sequence of surahs in most Muslim communities ⓘ |
| distinguishedFrom |
chronological order of revelation
ⓘ
topical or thematic Qurʾan arrangements ⓘ |
| endsWithSurah |
al-Nās
ⓘ
linked to:
An-Nas
|
| followedBy |
Cairo 1924 muṣḥaf edition
ⓘ
King Fahd Complex muṣḥaf editions ⓘ
linked to:
Mushaf al-Madina
Ottoman muṣḥaf tradition ⓘ
linked to:
Ottoman paleography
|
| follows | Medinan manuscript tradition ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfSurahs | 114 ⓘ |
| hasScope | entire Qurʾanic corpus ⓘ |
| hasStatus | dominant surah order in contemporary Qurʾan printing ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | early Islamic era ⓘ |
| influences |
numbering of surahs in tafsīr works
ⓘ
structure of printed Qurʾan pages ⓘ |
| inheritedBy | regional Qurʾan printing traditions in the Muslim world ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| ordersSurahsPrimarilyBy | approximate decreasing length after al-Fātiḥa ⓘ |
| preservedIn | early Medinan Qurʾanic manuscripts ⓘ |
| recognizedBy |
Shiʿi scholarship
ⓘ
Sunni scholarship ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
ʿUthmānic codification of the Qurʾan
ⓘ
linked to:
Uthmani script of the Quran
|
| religiousTradition | Islam ⓘ |
| stability | high textual stability across printed editions ⓘ |
| startsWithSurah |
al-Fātiḥa
ⓘ
linked to:
Surah Al-Fatiha
|
| typeOf | canonical Qurʾanic arrangement ⓘ |
| usedAs | reference framework for verse citation ⓘ |
| usedFor |
Qurʾan exegesis organization
ⓘ
Qurʾan indexing and referencing ⓘ Qurʾan recitation practice ⓘ memorization of the Qurʾan ⓘ |
| usedIn |
modern printed Qurʾans
ⓘ
most standard printed muṣḥafs ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Madinan codex order Description of subject: Madinan codex order is the traditional arrangement of Qur’anic surahs and verses as preserved in the early Medinan manuscript tradition and followed in most standard printed muṣḥafs today.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.