Quran

Examples of Quran in the following topics:

• Islamic Calligraphy

  • The most important religious text in Islam is the Qur'an, which is believed to be the word of God.
  • There are many examples of calligraphy and calligraphic inscriptions pertaining to verses from the Qur'an in Islamic arts.
  • The black ink in the image above from a 9th century Qur'an marks the consonants for the reader.  
  • Calligraphic inscriptions were not exclusive to the Qur'an, but also included verses of poetry or recorded ownership or donation.
  • This early Qur'an demonstrates the Kufic script, the earliest form of Arabic calligraphy noted for its angular form.

• The Quran

  • Muhammad received revelations from 609-632 CE, and they became the basis for the Quran, the central religious text of Islam.
  • Muhammad's first revelation, according to the Quran, was accompanied by a vision.
  • The Quran describes Muhammad as "ummi," which is traditionally interpreted as "illiterate," but the meaning is more complex.
  • According to the Quran, one of the main roles of Muhammad is to warn the unbelievers of their punishment at the end of the world.
  • Muslims believe the Quran to be both the unaltered and the final revelation of God.

• Women in Pre-Islamic Arabia

  • The Quran mentions that the Arabs in Jahiliyyah (the period of ignorance or pre-Islamic period) used to bury their daughters alive.
  • After the rise of Islam, the Quran (the word of God) and the Hadith (the traditions of the prophet Muhammad) developed into Sharia, or Islamic religious law.
  • One of the relevant passages from the Quran translates as "O Prophet!
  • And Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful" (Quran Surat Al-Ahzab 33:59).
  • These areas of the body are known as "awrah" (parts of the body that should be covered) and are referred to in both the Quran and the Hadith.

• Islamic Art

  • Islam is a monotheistic and Abrahamic religion articulated by the Qur'an, a book considered by its adherents to be the verbatim word of God (Allah) and the teachings of Muhammad, who is considered to be the last prophet of God.
  • Calligraphy and the decoration of manuscript Qu'rans is an important aspect of Islamic art as the word takes on religious and artistic significance.  
  • Typically, though not entirely, Islamic art has focused on the depiction of patterns and Arabic calligraphy, rather than human or animal figures, because it is believed by many Muslims that the depiction of the human form is idolatry and thereby a sin against God, forbidden in the Qur'an.

• Flight from Mecca to Medina

  • However, the Quran maintains that it began when Muhammad started public preaching.
  • Upset by the rate at which Muhammad was gaining new followers, the Quraysh proposed adopting a common form of worship, which was denounced by the Quran.
  • It is said that when Muhammad emerged from his house, he recited the a verse from the Quran and threw a handful of dust in the direction of the besiegers, which prevented them seeing him.
  • Though the terms of the Hudaybiyyah treaty may have been unfavorable to the Muslims of Medina, the Quran declared it a clear victory.

• Rituals

  • For example, when books are piled on top of a Qur'an in a museum display the spiritual integrity is compromised or destroyed completely, leaving the physical object devoid of cultural meaning .

• Luxury Arts

  • The calligraphy and decoration of manuscript Qur'ans is an important aspect, but other religious art like glass mosque lamps and other mosque fittings such as tiles, woodwork, and carpets usually have the same style and motifs as contemporary secular art, although religious inscriptions are even more prominent.
  • Many Muslims fear that the depiction of the human form is a type of idolatry and thereby a sin against God, forbidden in the Qur'an.

• Monotheism

  • The Qur'an, the central religious text of Islam, asserts the existence of a single and absolute truth that transcends the world, a unique indivisible being independent of the creation, rejecting binary modes of thinking such as the idea of a duality of God by arguing that both good and evil generate from God's creative act.
  • Islamic art focuses on geometric design, as the Qur'an preaches that depicting human or divine form is idolatrous.

• Islam Ascendant

  • Muhammad delivered Quranic verses permitting the Muslims, "those who have been expelled from their homes," to fight the Meccans in opposition to persecution.
  • According to the Quran, the loss at Uhud was partly a punishment and partly a test for steadfastness.

• The Islamic Golden Age

  • Typically, though not entirely, Islamic art depicts nature patterns and Arabic calligraphy, rather than figures, because many Muslims feared that the depiction of the human form is idolatry and thereby a sin against God, forbidden in the Quran.
  • This was especially true for dinars, or gold coins of high value, which were inscribed with quotes from the Quran.