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Five pointed arches in a pale wall, each opening onto one time of the day: dawn with a crescent, the high noon sun, the gold of afternoon, the afterglow of sunset and night.
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Five Prayers

Five Arches

No. 6 of 20 · free · 300 dpi

What you seeFive pointed arches in a pale wall, each opening onto one time of the day: dawn with a crescent, the high noon sun, the gold of afternoon, the afterglow of sunset and night.

What it meansThe five daily prayers mark the day from first light to nightfall, so the turning of the sky becomes a rhythm of remembrance.

Where it worksA centrepiece for a living room or a long wall above a sofa or sideboard.

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A field of colour rising from indigo to rose over a deep blue ground, with a crescent and a few stars, and the name Fajr in Latin and Arabic.Fajr FieldNo. 7
A clear blue field with a white sun high above a pale ground, and the name Dhuhr in Latin and Arabic.Dhuhr FieldNo. 8
A soft golden field with a low afternoon sun over an ochre ground, and the name Asr in Latin and Arabic.Asr FieldNo. 9
A field of orange and red with the last glow of the set sun on the horizon over a dark plum ground, and the name Maghrib in Latin and Arabic.Maghrib FieldNo. 10
A deep night-blue field scattered with stars and a crescent over a near-black ground, and the name Isha in Latin and Arabic.Isha FieldNo. 11
A fine-line diagram of the sun's daily circle cut by the horizon, with the five prayer times marked as coloured points and named in small type.Sun PathNo. 12
Five tall strips of sky set side by side on an ivory ground, from dawn rose through noon blue, afternoon gold and sunset orange to night, each named in Arabic beneath.Time StripNo. 13
A single tall pointed arch in a rose plaster wall, opening onto an indigo dawn sky with a crescent, fading stars and a low line of domes.Dawn ArchNo. 14

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