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Hawqala, Rustic Grey Black.

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This is an Islamic artwork. It features a meditational chant in glorification of God in Islam, used in prayers, supplications as well as dzikr, an act of remembrance and to invoke God. It is known as Hawqala or LaHawla. Here it recites and means:

Laa Hawlawalaa Quwata illabillah, Al-Aliyyil A’zhim:

There is no power, and no strength (neither shall exist) except with God, (The God which truly is) The Supreme Almighty, The exalted Most High.

It is calligraphed in Arabic Thuluth script in grey tones, inverse illustrated on a background with rustic washes of black Sumi ink.

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Technique: Hand-calligraphed, Hand-illustrated, Hand- painted

Artwork Size/Space: 385 x 249 mm

Medium: Japanese Sumi Ink

Colours: Black, Greys

Base: Watercolour Paper 300gsm

Finishing: Original Unframed

Production Year: 2021 / 1443

Creator: Faizal Somadi

Signature: (In Arabic) Faizal Somadi

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