The duty we owe the Qur’an is to recite it as it deserves to be recited, to take guidance from its guidance, to let its light illumine us, to venerate, honor, and safeguard it from frivolity and degradation. It is the Book of Allah—“Falsehood shall never approach it, neither from in front of it nor from behind it; a revelation from One who is All-Wise, Praiseworthy” (Fussilat 41:42). We must act according to it and make it the arbiter in whatever we dispute about, as the Exalted says: “If you differ over anything, refer it back to Allah and the Messenger, if you truly believe in Allah and the Last Day; that is better and yields the best outcome” (al-Nisāʾ 4:59).

As for writing the Qur’an on amulets or parchments and hanging them on walls, this is improper; indeed, to inscribe it as amulets and talismans and hang them on children, around the necks of women or men is, according to the sounder of the two scholarly opinions, impermissible. Such practice entails disrespect for the Qur’an and exposes it to humiliation. It may also lead people to believe that healing comes from other than Allah and opens the door to attaching charms that contain satanic incantations and polytheistic phrases.

The stronger legal opinion, therefore, is that it is not permissible to employ the Qur’an as protective amulets and charms that are written and hung on necks or bodies.

Likewise, writing it on plaques and hanging them on walls is ill-advised. The Qur’an may be disrespected: the place where a plaque bearing a verse from Allah’s Book is displayed might host acts of sin and debauchery, which would constitute an affront to the Noble Qur’an. The plaque could fall, be trodden upon, or end up in the hands of people who have no regard for the Qur’an and who live in that dwelling, thereby dishonoring the displayed scripture. Hanging it on walls, then, subjects it to possible humiliation, and this was not the practice of the righteous predecessors; nothing is known