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    2 months ago

    Went back to check

    https://www.mohtashemi.art/artworkDetail/781096/17919/calligraphic-tile

    Our piece would have formed part of a row of tiles, as the text is incomplete, reading:

    ‘…earth. Who is there…’

    This forms part of the Ayat al-Kursi or ‘Throne Verse’ (255) from sura 2 (al-Baqarah) of the Qur’an. Completed, the two sentences should read: ‘His are all things in the heavens and on earth. Who is there can intercede in His presence except as He permitteth?’