By the mid-fourteenth century, a number of more cursive writing styles had replaced kufic as the preferred scripts for the Koran. One of the most prevalent scripts was muhaqqaq, notable for its tall, slender verticals and sweeping sublinear strokes. Used throughout the Islamic world—from Egypt to India—for copying of the Koran, the script's combination of vertical and horizontal letters lend it a distinct visual dynamism. The other popular cursive script was thuluth, reserved primarily for monumental inscriptions on objects, buildings, and chapter headings as is evident here. The page on view includes verses from two chapters, al-Nazi`at (Those Who Drag Forth) and Abasa (He Frowned) that occur towards the end of the Koran. The first warns against the coming of the Day of Judgment, while the second cautions against judging people by their appearance.