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Leaf from the Blue Quran showing Sura 30: 28-32, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

The Blue Qur’an

By: F.K. Art Intern Nimah Bhura

The Qur’an, unlike any other book, is extraordinary. From what it says to how it is written, it encompasses brilliance. Although most people focus on the magnificence of its message, its appearance is equally as striking. The best representation of the Qur’an, is known as the Blue Qur’an. Most scholars agree that it was probably created in North Africa for the Great Mosque of Qairawan.

The writing of the Blue Qur’an is done in Kufic calligraphy, and is written in gold ink on indigo paper. Being about 600 pages, the Qur’an is thought to have been scattered during the Ottoman Empire. Now, most of it resides in the National Institute of Art and Archaeology Bardo National Museum in Tunis. The remaining pages were sold in auctions for over $800,000. The Blue Qur’an, with its unique colors and valuable materials, reminds people of God’s true majesty.

Author’s Bio: I am a High School student just trying to learn more about art. I own 5 galleries and over 100 pieces of my work are featured all over the world— I wish. I am just trying to communicate a message to anyone who will listen, even if that is just my parents

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I express my intellectual longing for creative ideas through Islamic art by fusing colors, lines, dots, and words together to inspire a meaning worth imagining. My work explores universal values of love, life, faith, prayer, beauty, and divine that synthesizes feelings and pictograms through lettering.
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