Islamic Art

Islamic Arts Feature: Pick of the Week 4/3/10

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April 3, 2010

Welcome to the another edition of MuslimMatters.org’s regular Islamic Art feature. If you want to see your work on MM, then either email us your images to art[@]muslimmatters[.]org or submit them to our Flickr group.

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The kalima (Islamic profession of faith) written on a paper fan in Chinese. The calligraphist was one of the Imams of the Great Mosque. By nabil.s

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The kalima (Islamic profession of faith) written on a paper fan in Chinese. The calligraphist was one of the Imams of the Great Mosque. By nabil.s

In my heart, by Fouad EA. Calligraphy Style Diwani. Translation - Your name is on my lips, your image is in my eyes, your memory is in my heart. To whom thus did I write? - Al Hallaj

Medina Masjid Nabawi, by a2portfolio

Cartoon, by Abu Ilyas

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6 Comments

Hafsa

April 3, 2010 at 4:21 PM

The first one is especially nice!

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SisAnon

April 3, 2010 at 4:59 PM

Mashallah great variety of pics, especially love the first and fourth, but they all have a unique style about them!

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Wael - IslamicAnswers.com

April 5, 2010 at 12:31 AM

I love the calligraphy in “Qalbi” or “In My Heart,” but if it’s dedicated to Allah then the artist might want to reconsider the use of the Western style heart symbol, which has questionable origins. In any case you are very talented brother Fouad, ma-sha-Allah. Keep it up.

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- BintKhalil
  
  April 6, 2010 at 11:46 AM
  
  Assalamu alaikum
  
  May I ask what the origins are of the western style heart symbol?
  
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muslimah101

April 7, 2010 at 2:20 PM

i came here expecting a post on shoaib malik’s marriage saga by br.amad. lol

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