Al Azim - The Supreme

99 Names of Allah Series of Paintings by Art Noor, Acrylic On Canvas, 190cm x 140cm

First exhibited at Art Noor's Solo Exhibition - "ASMA" at Dubai Mall.

Al Azim -The Supreme, is one of the 99 names of Allah - which is also His Divine attribute. 

The painting depicts the three earthly paradigms understood by humans to be supreme, both in majesty and scale- the mountains, skies, and Oceans. The attribute Al Azim. As the Holy Quran states "His Throne doth extends over the heavens and the earth, and He feeleth no fatigue in guarding and preserving them for He is the Highest, THE SUPREME (in glory)"

The style of the painting could be said to belong to a 20th-century  art movement in Middle Eastern Art called "Haruffiya", based on the term 'Haroof' which means 'the word' in Arabic. In this movement artists focussed on they focussed on breaking the ‘rules’ of calligraphers from the past to create radical new artworks.