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The History of God
FIELD No. 1E49
Visual depiction of Al-Rahim

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Vol. IV · Monotheism

Al-Rahim

The Compassionate

inscribed in Naskh script in the Basmala's fourth word on a Mamluk Quranic manuscript, the twin mercy names flowing together in divine compassion

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

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Al-Haqq

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Elohei Ha-Ruchot

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 Visual depiction of Oseh Shamayim Va-Aretz

Oseh Shamayim Va-Aretz

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Yo

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 Visual depiction of Al-Musawwir

Al-Musawwir

Names of the One God