Very few early Malay manuscripts have survived, making the ones collected by Erpenius of exceptional importance. This is the oldest known commentary on the Qur’an in the Malay language. It is possibly one of the first manuscripts produced for the study of Islam and Sufism in South-East Asia.   Very few early Malay manuscripts have survived, making the ones collected by Erpenius of exceptional importance. This is the oldest known commentary on the Qur’an in the Malay language. A new exhibition

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