Letter Waws Embracing

Two letter Waws reflecting one another in a muthanna mirror composition against a hand-painted background inspired by an antique silk textile from India.

The letter Waw in Islamic art and culture is highly significant. It has the numerical value of 6 and when two of them are mirrored such as in this composition the numerical value reads as 66, which is the value of the letters when added together to spell ‘Allah’ in Arabic.

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