Durham, N.C. - An Islamic art exhibit will be featured at the Mary Lou Williams Center for Black Culture until Feb. 3.

Verses from the Quran are pictured in both of the following paintings. Bediassam reads, "Creator of the heavens and the earth from nothingness. He has only to say when He wills a thing: 'Be,' and it is."

The other, bismallah, is the first verse of the Quran: "In the name of God; the most Merciful, the most Compassionate."