Signatures, Inscriptions, and MarkingsInscriptions: (In Arabic; on outer border): Qur'an, ch. IX, v. 18-22. (In Arabic, on border of niche): "Said [the Prophet] on him be blessing and peace: . . . witness that there is no God save Allah and that Muhammad is his Apostle and the Blessed Imam, and in legal almsgiving, and in the pilgrimage, and in the fast of Ramadan, and he said, on him be blessing and peace." In Arabic, in rectangle at back): "The Prophet, peace be upon him, said, 'The Mosque is the dwelling place of the pious.' "