#islamic art

[songs-of-the-east]

Nikah by Bashkir Russian artist Alina Bugleeva

[koenji]

Folio from a Manuscript of the Qur'an. Iran, Shiraz, 1550-1575. Ink, colors and gold on paper.

[arsvitaest]

The horoscope of the Persian Timurid ruler Iskandar Sultan, 1411. This is the only surviving individual illuminated horoscope from medieval Islam. Al-Mizan (Libra) is at 3 o'clock in the circle of zodiac signs.

[yeesiine]

Fountain in a Moroccan Garden

[backup1318]

And ever has the favor of Allah upon you been great.

wakāna faḍlu l-lahi ʿalayka ʿaẓīma.

[attayba]

"The best amongst you is the one who learns the Qur'an and teaches it."

[al-Bukhari and Muslim]

[cileklipalet]

ahi şerafettin (aslanhane) camii | ankara

[arthistoryanimalia]

For #WorldCrocDay + #ManuscriptMonday :

Nile Crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) having its teeth cleaned by the "Crocodile Bird" (Trochilus), from a 1615 copy of the Kitāb al-Ḥayawān (The Book of Animals) by al-Jāḥiẓ (c. 776–868/869 CE). Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Milan, MS D140inf.

[memories-of-ancients]

Silver and gold gilded incense burner, Syria, 13th century

from The State Museum of Berlin

[mioritic]

Sweet chestnut leaf with gold calligraphic inscription, Turkey, 19th century

The leaf is inscribed with a Qur’anic verse from Surat al-Isra’ (“The Night Journey,” Q17:80): “And say, ‘Lord grant me a good entrance and a goodly exit, and sustain me with Your power.”

Aga Khan Museum

[howtomuslim]

[srednod]

Jean-Léon Gérôme Retour de la chasse, Circassian à l'abreuvoir ca. 1877

[umaymen]

Our Lord, upon You we have relied (60,4)

rabbanā ʿalayka tawakkalnā

[viagginterstellari]

Women talking - Uzbekistan State Museum of Applied Art, Taskent, 2022

[vulturesouls]

An angel, ca 1555 AD.

Bukhara, Uzbekistan

British Museum

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 Astaghfirullah al-‘Adheem (I seek the forgiveness of Allah the Mighty)