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Smithsonian’s Quran exhibit aims to dazzle the eyes and may soften the heart

A single-volume Quran copied by Abd al-Qadir ibn Abd al-Wahhab, who worked in what is now Iran in the 16th century. The ink, color and gold on paper manuscript is from the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts in Istanbul and is now on display at the Smithsonian’s Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. Photo courtesy of Smithsonian

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