Approximate Measurements
Artwork Panel: 30.2cm x 52.8cm ≈ 11¾" x 20¾"
Silk/Brocade: 39.3cm x 109.2cm ≈ 15½" x 43"
Width at Wooden Knobs: 48.3cm ≈ 19"
Close up view of the artwork mounted to this silk brocade wall scroll
rabb aghۡfirۡliaۡ waliwalidayy walimanۡ dakhal bayۡtia muۡminan wwalilۡmuۡminiۡn walۡmuۡmintiؕ wala tazid alzzlimiۡn ailla tabaran
“My Lord, forgive me and my parents and whoever enters my house a believer and the believing men and believing women. And do not increase the wrongdoers except in destruction.”
This Crazy Blue-Gold Silk can change color depending on how the light hits it.
I chose this silk because it gives the artwork a sort of Byzantine flair.
This passage is from Nuh 71:28 of the Holy Qu'ran. They are the words and prayers of Nuh or Nuha, whom you may know as Noah.
Translations to English vary:
“O my Lord! Forgive my sins, forgive my parents, and forgive the one who enters my house as a believer.
Also, forgive the believing men and women, and do not increase those who wrong themselves by disbelief and sins except in destruction and loss.”
“My Lord, forgive me and my parents, and whoever enters my house as a believer, and forgive all believers, both men and women, and do not increase the wrong-doers in anything except perdition.”
“My Lord! Forgive me, and my parents, and him who enters my home as a believer, and all the believing men and women. And to the Zalimun (polytheists, wrong-doers, and disbelievers, etc.) grant You no increase but destruction!”
“O my Lord! Forgive me, my parents, all who enter my house in Faith, and (all) believing men and believing women: and to the wrong-doers grant Thou no increase but in perdition!”
This is printed on handmade paper with a high-fiber content (you will see lots of natural husks and fibers pressed into this paper). The artwork was then mounted to a handmade silk brocade wall scroll.
The result is a beautiful and elegant presentation of this Islamic calligraphy.
I do not currently have a contact for a calligrapher who can write Arabic script like this by hand. If you are a Thuluth (ثلث ṯuluṯ) calligrapher, don't hesitate to get in touch with me. I would love to be able to offer hand-painted versions of Arabic calligraphy (of course, that will cost more, so prints like this will always be a lot cheaper).