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Qu'ran Online

Tanzil Project
Tanzil is a Quranic project launched in early 2007 to produce a highly verified Unicode Quran text to be used in Quranic websites and applications. Our mission in the Tanzil project is to produce a standard Unicode Quran text and serve as a reliable source for this standard text on the web.
The Noble Qu'Ran
The Noble Qur'an is the central religious text of Islam. Muslims believe the Qur’an is the book of Divine guidance and direction for mankind, and consider the original Arabic text the final revelation of Allah (God). All translations of the original Arabic text are thus interpretations of the original meanings and should be embraced as such.

Finding Stories of the Prophets

Also known as Qisas Al-Anbiya, these are collections of stories by medieval scholars on the prophets. For your assignment, use one or both of the collections below.

Ara'Is Al-Majalis Fi Qisas Al-Anbiya' or Lives of the Prophets. by William M. Brinner; Thaʻlabī, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad
Call Number: ebook
ISBN: 1280466804
Publication Date: 2002
These 11th-century tales have been read and studied through the years. This work is a translation of the Arabic text into English, from the story of the creation of the world to the time just before the coming of the Prophet Muhammad and the revelation of Islam.
Prophets in the Quran by Brannon Wheeler (Editor)
Call Number: 1 HR BP134.P745 W48 2002 (Reserves - 1st Floor Circulation Desk)
ISBN: 9780826449566
Publication Date: 2002
Designed as an introduction to the Quran with particular emphasis on parallels with Biblical tradition, this book provides a concise but detailed overview of Muslim prophets from Adam to Muhammad. Each of the chapters is organized around a particular prophet, including an English translation of the relevant verses of the Quran and a wide selection of classical, medieval and modern Muslim commentaries on those verses.

This book is available for a short-term loan at Atkins Library's Circulation Desk.

Interlibrary Loan

Need a book or article that we don't own? Interlibrary Loan (ILL) is a service that lets students, faculty, and staff of UNC Charlotte borrow materials that are owned by libraries at other institutions.

Finding Artwork

Artstor This link opens in a new window
A collection of images from major museums. ARTSTOR images cover art, architecture and archeology. Useful for personal or shared uses, and creating and delivering presentations. ARTSTOR is available solely for educational and scholarly uses that are noncommercial in nature. Images may NOT be placed on publicly accessible websites. UNC Charlotte students, faculty and staff can register for an account which allows off-campus access; this registration must happen while on campus.

For help with ARTstor, visit the ARTstor YouTube channel for tutorials, or use their subject guides with keyword suggestions, search tips, and collection content.

The David Collection
The Collection of Islamic Art – internationally, the museum’s most important one – encompasses exquisite decorative art from the 7th century to the mid-19th century from an area that extends from Spain in the west to China in the east, from Uzbekistan in the north to Yemen in the south.
Islamic Painted Page
A digital collection by the University of Hamburg of Persian, Ottoman, Arab, and Mughal paintings, illuminations, decorated Qur'an pages, and book bindings from over 270 collections worldwide.

Credo Reference: Basic Search Box (Javascript)

Resources for Further Research

ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials This link opens in a new window
An index of materials covering a range of topics such as Biblical studies, world religions, church history, religion and society, and more.
Encyclopedia of Islam, THREE This link opens in a new window
This third edition of Brill’s Encyclopedia of Islam sets out the present state of our knowledge of the Islamic World. It is an essential key to understanding the world of Islam, and the authoritative source not only for the religion, but also for the believers and the countries in which they live.
Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture This link opens in a new window
Offers over 1,600 up-to-date in-depth entries on Islamic art and architecture ranging from the Middle East to Central and South Asia, Africa and Europe and spans over a thousand years of history.
Historical Abstracts This link opens in a new window
References to journal articles and other sources on the history of the world (excluding U.S and Canada).
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Provides access to academic journals and books covering a wide range of disciplines; it also includes some limited primary source collections.
Project Muse This link opens in a new window
Scholarly journals and ebooks in the arts and humanities, social sciences and mathematics.
Religion Database This link opens in a new window
Provides a wide range of primarily full-text, international periodicals for diverse religious and spiritual studies, covering formal theological studies of major religions, as well as the most recent trends and scholarly thought.
Included are titles from religious publishing bodies and nondenominational organizations. The resource reflects a wide spectrum of religious belief systems and supports the global study of religion.

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