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The History of God
FIELD No. A4C9
Visual depiction of Al-Basit

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Vol. IV · Monotheism

Al-Basit

The Expander

inscribed in expansive Thuluth calligraphy, the divine name that spreads and opens, paired with Al-Qabid, the two divine hands of providence

Organization
Abrahamic Monotheism
Time period
c. 1200 BCE – present
Location
Worldwide

Source attribution

This visual depiction is one of 1,947 in the archive — a creative historical rendering of how Names of the One God has expressed the divine. The depiction is interpretive, not iconographic.

Cross-references — same archetype or region

Visual depiction of Al-Qabid

Al-Qabid

Names of the One God

 Visual depiction of The divine name Yahwe inscribed on a scroll fragment

The divine name Yahwe inscribed on a scroll fragment

Names of the One God

 Visual depiction of Ho Zon

Ho Zon

Names of the One God

 Visual depiction of Ruh d-Alaha

Ruh d-Alaha

Names of the One God

 Visual depiction of Al-Ghafur

Al-Ghafur

Names of the One God

 Visual depiction of Alaha d-Abraham

Alaha d-Abraham

Names of the One God