Editing Al-Hakim Mosque (section)

=== Inscriptions ===
[[File:Al-Hakim Mosque DSCF4630.jpg|thumb|Examples of Kufic inscriptions (top) inside the prayer hall of the mosque]]
One of the artistic elements of the mosque are [[Quran]]ic inscriptions done in floriated Kufic script – many of the inscriptions are preserved while many are lost. Of those lost, many have been replaced or restored. Due to various restorations made, the Kufic styles have differed from time to time. The mosque is said to have had twelve thousand feet of Kufic adornment. Kufic inscriptions feature on all four sides of each of the five bays of the prayer hall. The square bases of the three domes and the ''qibla'' wall (southeast wall) underneath the windows also carry the Kufic gypsum band of Quranic inscriptions. At the top, colonnades of the arches of the mosque are embellished with a gypsum band of floriated Kufic inscriptions of the Quran which averages approximately 52 cms in width.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |title=Al -Jami' Al – Anwar – The Luminous Masjid |publisher=Aljamea tus Saifiyah Publications}}</ref>{{Better source needed|reason=The current source is insufficiently reliable ([[WP:NOTRS]]).|date=June 2022}}