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Visual depiction of Allah

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Vol. IV · Monotheism

Allah

the Arabic name for God


inscribed in majestic Thuluth calligraphy on a golden mosque tile, the letter forms flowing into arabesque geometric patterns below

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.