Image: Bismillah
Description: Calligraphy of the "Basmala" phrase phrase bismi-llāhi ar-raħmāni ar-raħīmi بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم in in the form of a pear. Right leaf: "Qāla allāh ta'ālā" ("The sublime God said"). Left: "Wa innahu min Sulaymān" ("And it is from Solomon" as the Basmala first apears in the Qur'an in a letter from Solomon).
Title: Bismillah
Author: Below the pear: "katabahu al-shaykh Azīz al-Rufā'ī 1343" ("Shaykh Aziz al-Rufai wrote it 1924/1925"). Aziz Efendi died 1934-08-16 so the image is in the public domain. The en stated it was copyrighted.
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