Holy Quran

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Holy Quran

• Selected Quotes
• For the month of
• Ramadan

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Heart

• Remember your Lord in your heart, humbly and with
  awe and without utterance, at dawn and at dark
  and be not amongst the neglectful.
• Holy Quran
• Sura 7, Ayat 205

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The Noble Quran

• The Noble Quran extends its principle of
  pluralism also to adherents of other faiths. It
  affirms that each has a direction and path to
  which they turn so that all should strive for
  good works, in the belief that, wheresoever they
  may be, Allah will bring them together.
• His Highness the Aga KhanThe Ismaili Centre,
  LondonOctober 19, 2003

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Awaken your Heart

• Awaken your heart
• with reflection
• Hazrat Imam Ali

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Quran-e-Sharif

• This programme is also an opportunity for
  achieving insights into how the discourse of the
  Quran-e-Sharif, rich in parable and allegory,
  metaphor and symbol, has been an inexhaustible
  well-spring of inspiration, lending itself to a
  wide spectrum of interpretations.
• His Highness the Aga KhanThe Ismaili Centre,
  LondonOctober 19, 2003

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Worship

• An hours reflection is worth more than seventy
  years of worship
• Prophet Muhammad

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Remember your Lord

• Remember the name
• of your Lord
• In the morning and
• in the evening
• Holy Quran
• Sura 76, Ayat 25

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Quranic Challenge

• Does not the Quran challenge the artist,
• as much as the mystic, to go beyond the
• physical - the outward - so as to seek to unveil
  that which lies at the centre but gives life
• to the periphery?
• His Highness the Aga KhanThe Ismaili Centre,
  LondonOctober 19, 2003

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Success

• Remember God over and over thus you may be
  successful
• Holy Quran
• Sura 62, Ayat 10

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Prayer

• Verily, prayer restrains one from evil, and
  certainly the remembrance of God is greatest
• Holy Quran
• Sura 29, Ayat 45

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Exaltation

• Remember your Lord over and over exalt Him at
  daybreak and in the dark of the night.
• Holy Quran
• Sura 3, Ayat 40

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Remembrance

• Remember your Lords name and devote yourself to
  him wholeheartedly
• Holy Quran
• Sura 73 Ayat 8

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Praise

• And so praise God during the night and day that
  you may find Peace
• Holy Quran
• Surah 20, Ayat 130

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Reflection

• There are those who remember God standing and
  sitting and reclining, and who reflect upon the
  creation of heaven and earth
• Holy Quran
• Sura 3, Ayat 190

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Face of God

• Wherever you turn,
• You find the face of God
• Holy Quran
• Sura 2, Ayat 115

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Prostration

• And in the dark of the night prostrate yourself
  in submission to Him, and praise Him throughout
  the long night
• Holy Quran
• Surah 76, Ayat26

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Zikr

• When you are not in Prayer, remember God standing
  and sitting and lying down
• Holy Quran
• Surah 4, Ayat103

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Quranic Inspiration

• Many other verses of the Quran have similarly
  inspired calligraphy in all its forms, reminding
  us of the richness and vitality of Muslim
  traditions in the Arts.
• His Highness the Aga KhanThe Ismaili Centre,
  LondonOctober 19, 2003

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Hearts at Rest

• The hearts of those who believe are set at rest
  by Gods remembrance indeed, by Gods
  remembrance only are hearts set at rest.
• Holy Quran
• Sura 13, Ayat 28

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Research Artwork

• Research by Moez Murji
• Artwork by Zaitoon Murji