Naming Infinity – 100 minus One (triptych)

Signed, numbered and dated 2013 / 1434 by the artist Ahmed Moustafa.

Edition of 150 Iris prints,
Triptych (set of 3 prints)
Image size: each 50 x 66cm
Print size: each 55 x 70cm
Paper: 350gsm museum archival

£1,800.00

SKU: IRPT_020-S Category:

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Naming Infinity – One hundred Minus One | 2013 CE / 1434 AH

Inspirational texts:

“God has ninety-nine names, one hundred minus one, for He is singular and loves singularity. Whoever enumerates them enters Paradise.”

Inspired by a well-known hadith

“Has the story of the litigants come within thy ken – [the story of the two] who surmounted the walls of the sanctuary [in which David prayed]? (21)
As they came upon David, and he shrank back in fear from them, they said: “Fear not! [We are but] two litigants. One of us has wronged the other: so judge thou between us with justice, and deviate not from what is right, and show [both of] us the way to rectitude. (22)
“Behold, this is my brother: he has ninety-nine ewes, whereas I have [only] one ewe – and yet he said, ‘Make her over to me,’ and forcibly prevailed against me in this [our] dispute.” (23)
Said [David]: “He has certainly wronged thee by demanding that thy ewe be added to his ewes! Thus, behold, do many kinsmen wrong one another – [all] save those who believe [in God] and do righteous deeds: but how few are they!”
And [suddenly] David understood that We had tried him: and so he asked his Sustainer to forgive him his sin, and fell down in prostration, and turned unto Him in repentance. (24)”

Inspired by Surah 38 – ād, verses 21-24 of the Holy Qur’ān
Naming Infinity - 100 minus One (1st panel)
Naming Infinity – 100 minus One (triptych, print 1 of 3)
Naming Infinity - 100 minus One (2nd panel)
Naming Infinity – 100 minus One (triptych, print 2 of 3)
Naming Infinity - 100 minus One (3rd panel)
Naming Infinity – 100 minus One (triptych, print 3 of 3)

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