<I>The Glorious Qur'an</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1975
name: label: Published by
content: Muslim Students' Association, American, founded 1963
label: Owned by
content: Imam Warith Deen Mohammed, American, 1933 - 2008
notes: label: Description
content: This Qur'an (2015.133.2) is a thick hard-backed book with a black cloth cover imprinted with gold inked letters and designs. The front cover features a calligraphic circular design at its center. Below the circle of Arabic calligraphic art are three lines of text which read: [THE HOLY QUR'AN / TEXT, TRANSLATION AND COMMENTARY / A. YUSUF ALI]. Enclosing the design and lines of text is a rectangular patterned border which is approximately 1.5 inches from the edge of the cover.
label: Description
content: This Qur'an stand (2015.133.3) is a brown wooden piece. The stand folds open at a central hinging point where the two panels interlock with four pairs of joints. The top section, which opens to hold the Qur'an, is curved at the edges while the bottom section has two pairs of rectangular legs cut out to stand on a flat surface. The entire piece is carved with a series of floral motifs created primarily with cut outs.
title: label: Title
content: Qur'an owned by Imam W. D. Mohammad
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Faith
label: Topic
content: Identity
label: Topic
content: Islam
label: Topic
content: Religion
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Sacred and Ceremonial Objects
label: Classification
content: Books and Published Materials
label: Exhibition
content: Making a Way Out of No Way
label: On View
content: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Community/Third Floor, 3 050
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Laila Muhammad, Daughter of Imam W. Deen Mohammed
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2015.133.2-.3
objectType: label: Type
content: Koran stands
label: Type
content: hardcover books
label: Type
content: Qur'ans
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper; stain on wood
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (Qur'an): 9 1/4 × 6 1/4 × 3 in. (23.5 × 15.9 × 7.6 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (open qur'an stand ): 6 3/8 × 10 5/8 × 5 13/16 in. (16.2 × 27 × 14.8 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (closed qur'an stand): 11 5/8 × 5 13/16 in. (29.5 × 14.8 cm)