This paper will look at some of the Quran, dua and hadith texts of great
popularity for inscriptions, their location and definition in the Timurid and
Safavid periods. From the earliest times the written word has been used as an
important, and sometimes the sole form of mosque and religious objects
decoration with a complete absence of figural decoration. In Islam the
Quran, literal word of God, has always been used by the Muslim artists for
inscriptions in mosques, madrases and holy places such as Imamzadeh,
Khanqak Beside using the Quran texts for inscription, the Muslim artists
used dua and hadith inscriptionswhich in this paper has been studied. Apart
from the beauty of these spiritual texts, the attractive inscriptions which
could be found on every side of the mosque help the man to feel the Divine
Presence and be attending by the effusion of the elegance emerging from the
Spirit. So these selected verses were meant to encourage Muslim peoples
minds to consider the praise of God only. But still this question has not been
answer that by whom and how these specified verses of Quran, dua and
hadith have been selected and why artists decorated and filled the religious
places with these sort of writings. The discussion which follows will
consider this matter and three branches of religious inscriptions including:
the Quran, dua and hadith inscriptions.