Artwork details
Artist: Kamil Dow
Year: 1988
Size: 70ร100 cm (27.6″ร39.4″)
Materials: gouache and ink on paper
Arabic calligraphy text in English:
“Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also. And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know. Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we know the way? Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him. Philip saith unto him, Lord, show us the Father, and it sufficeth us. Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father;” (John 14:1-9)
Arabic calligraphy text in Arabic (original):
“”ูุง ุชุถุทุฑุจ ูููุจูู
. ุฃูุชู
ุชุคู
ููู ุจุงููู ูุขู
ููุง ุจู. ูู ุจูุช ุฃุจู ู
ูุงุฒู ูุซูุฑุฉุ ูุฅูุง ูุฅูู ููุช ูุฏ ููุช ููู
. ุฃูุง ุฃู
ุถู ูุฃุนุฏ ููู
ู
ูุงูุงุ ูุฅู ู
ุถูุช ูุฃุนุฏุฏุช ููู
ู
ูุงูุง ุขุชู ุฃูุถุง ูุขุฎุฐูู
ุฅููุ ุญุชู ุญูุซ ุฃููู ุฃูุง ุชููููู ุฃูุชู
ุฃูุถุงุ ูุชุนูู
ูู ุญูุซ ุฃูุง ุฃุฐูุจ ูุชุนูู
ูู ุงูุทุฑูู”. ูุงู ูู ุชูู
ุง: “ูุง ุณูุฏุ ูุณูุง ูุนูู
ุฃูู ุชุฐูุจุ ูููู ููุฏุฑ ุฃู ูุนุฑู ุงูุทุฑููุ” ูุงู ูู ูุณูุน: “ุฃูุง ูู ุงูุทุฑูู ูุงูุญู ูุงูุญูุงุฉ. ููุณ ุฃุญุฏ ูุฃุชู ุฅูู ุงูุขุจ ุฅูุง ุจู. ูู ููุชู
ูุฏ ุนุฑูุชู
ููู ูุนุฑูุชู
ุฃุจู ุฃูุถุง. ูู
ู ุงูุขู ุชุนุฑูููู ููุฏ ุฑุฃูุชู
ูู”. ูุงู ูู ูููุจุณ: “ูุง ุณูุฏุ ุฃุฑูุง ุงูุขุจ ูููุงูุง”. ูุงู ูู ูุณูุน: “ุฃูุง ู
ุนูู
ุฒู
ุงูุง ูุฐู ู
ุฏุชู ููู
ุชุนุฑููู ูุง ูููุจุณ! ุงูุฐู ุฑุขูู ููุฏ ุฑุฃู ุงูุขุจ.”” (ููุญูุง 14: 1-9)