A painting showing the Prophet Muhammad raising his hands in prayer while standing on the Mountain of Light in Mecca. Siyer-i Nebi (Biography of the Prophet), Istanbul, Ottoman lands, 1595-96 ...

Art World The Secret Islamic Devotional Art That Depicts Muhammad Drawing Mohammed wasn't always sacreligious. The ascension of the prophet Muhammad depicted in the Miraj Nameh manuscript (1436).

More widely, Islamic tradition has discouraged the figurative depiction of living creatures, especially human beings. Islamic art has therefore tended to be abstract or decorative. Shia Islamic ...