British contemporary artist Idris Khan posing with his work '21 Stones', featuring 21 religious poems – based on The Stoning of the Jamarat or ‘Stoning of the Devil’, a ritual that takes place during the annual Islamic Haj pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca. — Photo: The Trustees of the British Museum
As I walked into Room 42 on the second floor of the British Museum in London recently, two massive stone engravings greeted me – a work with the word Bismillah (“In the name of God”) and the other featuring Ayatul Kursi (verse 255 of Surah Al Baqarah, Quran 2:255).
Similar engravings in wood and paintings can be found in any typical living room in Muslim households, mine included.
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