Recite: The Spoken Art of the Qurʾan
Date & Time
Location Main Campus | Law Building
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Recite: The Spoken Art of the Qurʾan
Date & Time
Location Main Campus | Law Building
October 9, 2025
Imam Khalis Rashaad discusses the beautiful art of Qur’anic recitation and reads from the Qur’anic works on display. The word “Qur’an” comes from the Arabic word meaning “recite.” The Qur’an is a written text and an oral tradition that is activated through recitation, which plays a central role in Muslim prayer and worship.
This program is part of a series accompanying the installation Sea of Ink, Forest of Pens: The Art of the Qurʾan, on view in the Hossein Afshar Galleries for Art of the Islamic Worlds.
Plan Your Visit
- Free with Museum admission.
- This event takes place in the Hossein Afshar Galleries for Art of the Islamic Worlds on Level 1 of the Law Building.
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About the Speaker
Khalis Rashaad is the imam, as well as the religious and spiritual director, of the Ibrahim Islamic Center, Houston. He has served the Muslim community in a teaching capacity for 30 years. His current studies consist of theology, jurisprudence, and spirituality. He is deeply interested in how faith can practically and constructively speak to the social, political, and ethical interactions of today‘s Western believers.
MFAH World Faiths Initiative
This program is part of the MFAH World Faiths Initiative, which seeks to highlight themes of faith, religion, and spirituality in the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Focusing on the many expressions of faith in these collections, the initiative honors the diverse communities of Houston and inspires connections among cultures and beliefs.
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THE HOSSEIN AFSHAR GALLERIES
in memory of his mother, Fatema Afshar
Gallery renovations have been supported
by generous grants from:
Ambassador and Mrs. Hushang Ansary
Nancy and Rich Kinder
Adel and Maureen Chaouch Family
Rania and Jamal Daniel
Franci Neely
Jay Jones and Terry Wayne Jones
Lead Corporate Underwriter:
Aramco Americas
The World Faiths Initiative is made possible by a grant from Lilly Endowment Inc.
All Learning and Interpretation programs at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, receive generous support from H-E-B; Institute of Museum and Library Services; Sempra Foundation; the Brown Foundation, Inc.; the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo; the John M. O'Quinn Foundation; the Joe Barnhart Foundation; the Cockrell Family Fund; the CFP Foundation; Macey and Harry Reasoner; the Texas Commission on the Arts; and the Junior League of Houston, Inc.
Endowment funds are provided by the Louise Jarrett Moran Bequest; Caroline Wiess Law; Windgate Foundation; the William Randolph Hearst Foundation; Cyvia and Melvyn Wolff; the National Endowment for the Humanities; the Fondren Foundation; BMC Software, Inc.; the Wallace Foundation; the Neal Myers and Ken Black Children’s Art Fund; the Eleanor and Frank Freed Foundation; Medha and Shashank Karve; Virginia and Ira Jackson; Jesse H. Jones II; the CFP Foundation; the Favrot Fund; gifts in memory of John Wynne; Neiman Marcus Youth Arts Education; gifts in memory of Peter Lotz; and gifts in honor of Beth Schneider.
On Thursdays, admission to the MFAH Permanent Collections is free, courtesy of Shell USA, Inc.