This is an introduction to the religion of Islam.

1. Religion of Islam

2. Calligraphy

3. Kufic Script (9th-10th c.)

5. Bismillah (“In the name of Allah, the beneficent, the merciful.”)

6. Zoomorphic Calligraphy
(bismallah)

7. The Quran

9. Iran, c. 1300

10. Spain or Morocco, 14th c.

11. Cairo, 14th c.

12. India, 15th c.

13. Ritual

14. Turkish Prayer Rug, 16th c.

15. Ablutions at Suleiman Mosque

16. Pilgrims at Mt. Arafat, 2009

17. The Life of Muhammad

18. Birth of Muhammad, 1307

19. Muhammad’s First Revelation, 1307

20. Muhammad and Gabriel, c. 1595

21. Muhammad’s Flight from Mecca
Algeria, 1622

22. Muhammad and Abu Bakr on
Their Way to Medina, 1307

23. Muhammad in Sacred Fire on a White Horse
Smashing the Idols in the Ka’ba, 11th c.

24. Muhammad Dedicating the Black
Stone at the Ka’ba, 1307

25. Muhammad Praying at the Ka’ba, 1595

26. Muhammad’s Ascent to Heaven
on Buraq, Iran, 1388

27. Muhammad’s Ascent, 1514

28. Muhammad’s Ascent, 16th c.

29. Muhammad’s Ascent, 16th c.

31. Muhammad Visiting Paradise, 15th c.

32. Muhammad Visiting Hell, 15th c.

33. Muhammad on his Deathbed,
1307