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In Islam, Jannah (Arabic: جَنَّةٍ, romanized: janna, pl. جَنّٰت jannāt, lit. ' garden ' ) [ 1 ] is the final and permanent abode of the righteous. [ 2 ] According to one count, the word appears 147 times in the Qur'an . [ 3 ]
Green – The silk and pillows of Jannah are believed to be green. [4] [5] Muhammad's favorite color was green. [6] White – Considered the purest and cleanest color in Islam and the color of the flag of Muḥammad, the Young Eagle. [7] [8] Black – The color of Jahannam as well as the color of the Black Standard. [9] [10]
The Tree of Immortality, Palace of Shaki Khans, Azerbaijan The Tree of Immortality (Arabic: شَجَرَةُ الْخُلْد, romanized: šajara al-ḫuld) is the tree of life motif as it appears in the Quran.
It is suggested that a tendency of religious imagery in Islam to be perceived as Arabic words is made more likely by the general simplicity of letter forms in the Arabic alphabet (especially in the everyday Riq'a); a tradition of massive typographical flexibility in Islamic calligraphy; and the particular shape of the word Allah (الله ...
A kilim is an Islamic [30] flatwoven carpet (without a pile), whether for household use or a prayer mat. The pattern is made by winding the weft threads back over the warp threads when a colour boundary is reached. This technique leaves a gap or vertical slit, so kilims are sometimes called slit-woven textiles.
As-Sirāt (Arabic: الصراط) is, according to Islam, the bridge over which every person must pass on the Yawm al-Qiyamah (lit. ' Day of Resurrection ') in order to enter Jannah (lit. ' Paradise '). It is not mentioned in the Quran, but described in the Hadith. [2]
The Sidrat al-Muntaha (Arabic: سِدْرَة ٱلْمُنْتَهَىٰ, romanized: Sidrat al-Muntahā, lit. 'Sidr Tree of the Farthest Boundary') in Islamic mythology [1] is a large Cedrus [2] or lote tree (Ziziphus spina-christi) [3] that marks the utmost boundary in the seventh heaven, where the knowledge of the angels ends.
Girih tiles are a set of five tiles that were used in the creation of Islamic geometric patterns using strapwork for decoration of buildings in Islamic architecture. They have been used since about the year 1200 and their arrangements found significant improvement starting with the Darb-i Imam shrine in Isfahan in Iran built in 1453.