Art for the Love of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) - Tanjore Painting meets Islamic Patterns

Art for the Love of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). Thank you to Islamic Arts Society for giving us artists

the opportunity to be inspired by this beautiful theme.

My design is digital art in Tamil language.

CONCEPT :

For hundreds of years Tamil poets have composed devotional poems adopting the voice of a mother, addressing praises to an extraordinary child. Called pillaittamil ( "Tamil for a child”), major genre of Tamil literature.” Muslim poets used the genre, to praise the Prophet (PBUH), members of his family, and various walis (“friends of God”) who’s tombs are revered in Tamil Nadu.

I took the last verse from a longer work called Nabigal Nayakam Pillattamil (“Foremost of the Prophets” 1883)

by Poet Sayyid Hanafiyya Pulavar

I was going to create in the Arabic language, but I’m Tamil American, this poem was heartwarming/inspiring!

Thank you to Voices of Bhakti for posting this beautiful poem!

My design incorporates Tamil script, Tanjore (Traditional Classical style of South Indian (Tamil) painting), traditional Islamic patterns in the background/cradle, & cradle (the poem states “so I can place you in the cradle, and rock you happily, come joyously. Muhammad, who has the truth, come joyously, come”)

Ullasamai (Joyfully) Vaithada (to place (cradle) Uvappai (Happily), Varuga Varuga Ve (come, come,(respectfully), Unmaiyudaiya (truthful) Muhamaduve (Muhammad PBUH), Uvappai Varuga Varuga Ve

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