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A chequerboard of square tiles, each holding the Name Allah in square Kufic, black on bone and bone on black in turn.
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No. 19 of 20 · free · 300 dpi

What you seeA chequerboard of square tiles, each holding the Name Allah in square Kufic, black on bone and bone on black in turn.

What it meansAllah is the Arabic name for God. Alternating positive and negative tiles is an old device of brick and tile Kufic, where letter and ground trade places.

Where it worksA graphic pattern for a hallway or a stairwell.

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2:3 · 7200 × 10800 px4×6 · 8×12 · 12×18 · 16×24 · 20×30 · 24×36 in
3:4 · 5400 × 7200 px6×8 · 9×12 · 12×16 · 18×24 in
4:5 · 7200 × 9000 px4×5 · 8×10 · 16×20 · 24×30 in
11:14 · 3300 × 4200 px11×14 in
A-series · 7023 × 9933 pxA5 · A4 · A3 · A2 · A1

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The Basmala in gold square Kufic within a black tile panel with fine joints, set on terracotta.Glazed BasmalaNo. 20
Allah in square Kufic, the letters as bone bricks set into a small lapis tile with fine joints, on a wide bone ground.Lapis TileNo. 1
Four glazed tiles in lapis, turquoise, terracotta and black, each carrying one phrase in square Kufic: Subhan Allah, al-hamdu lillah, la ilaha illa Allah and Allahu akbar.Four PraisesNo. 2
Bismillah ar-Rahman ar-Rahim in black square Kufic on bone, inside a thin terracotta key border built on the same brick grid.Framed BasmalaNo. 3
La ilaha illa Allah in turquoise bricks within a lapis tile panel, its joints drawn in a pale line, on a bone ground.Turquoise WitnessNo. 4
Al-hamdu lillah in large terracotta square Kufic on a bone ground.Al-Hamdu LillahNo. 5
Subhan Allah in gold square Kufic on soft black.Subhan AllahNo. 6
Allahu akbar in square Kufic on lapis, with the Name in gold and akbar in bone.Allahu AkbarNo. 7

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