Which Koranic verse forbids the depiction of the Muslim prophet Muhammad?
1) “The permissibility of depictions of Muhammad, the founder of Islam, has long been a concern in Islam’s history. Oral and written descriptions are readily accepted by all traditions of Islam, but there is disagreement about visual depictions. The Qur’an does not explicitly forbid images of Muhammad, but there are a few hadith (supplemental traditions) which have explicitly prohibited Muslims from creating the visual depictions of figures under any circumstances. Most contemporary Sunni Muslims believe that visual depictions of the prophets generally should be prohibited, and they are particularly averse to visual representations of Muhammad. The key concern is that the use of images can encourage idolatry, where the image becomes more important than what it represents. In Islamic art, some visual depictions only show Muhammad with his face veiled, or symbolically represent him as a flame; other images, notably from Persia of the Ilkhanate, and those made under the Ottomans, show him
