Qur’an: The Word of God

Opening Page of the Qur'an (Jamaica, NY)

The opening page of a Qur'an written in Indo-Pak Arabic script, from the Imam Al-Khoei Islamic Center in Jamaica, New York. The right page shows the opening chapter, Sura Fatiha, the left page begins the second chapter, Sura al-Baqara.

The First Qur'an Published in the U.S. (1806)

The first Qur'an published in the United States, 1806. (Photo by: Hajji Wali Muhammad, Courtesy of the Brandon Institute)

Person Engaged in Devotional Reading of the Qur'an (Roxbury, MA)

After prayer, a man sits and quietly recites the Qur'an as a form of devotional worship at the Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Center in Roxbury, Massachusetts (Photo by: Yusuke Suzuki)