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The Story of Portraits of the Prophet Muhammad
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Another curious feature of these paintings is that nothing is said about their makers. Except for the Chinese version, the implication is that they were part of a divine creation of signs identifying a selection of major heroic and sacred figures. These personas were transformed by Muslims into a succession of prophets to whom divine revelation was given. By the time the stories circulated, no claim was made that these images still existed, if they ever did, since the point they made-the place of Muhammad in a succession of prophets going back to Adam-had been established by the very existence of a large Muslim state. Furthermore, when found in religious or 36 The word is also used to indicate the Ark of the Covenant. pious contexts, all these stories are associated with the Christian world and through it with an older history whose details are quite hazy even when they involved Daniel and Alexander the Great in the possession and preservation of the images.
The public for these stories was Muslim even though the text deals with Christians. The original pictures of the prophets in the stories had been made neither by nor for Muslims. They fulfilled two purpos
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Images of the Prophet Muhammad
An issue that arises with some regularity in the study of Islamic art surrounds images of the Prophet Muhammad (who died in 632 C.E.) and whether it is permissible to make or view them. The historical record on this topic suggests one set of beliefs, but individual convictions, the teachings of different schools of Islamic theology, and current-day political rhetoric all suggest other points of view. This multiplicity of perspectives reflects the variety in the praxis of this (or indeed any) religion, and reinforces the fact that there is no one judgment on this matter that would encompass the beliefs of all Muslims in all parts of the world, or would apply to all moments in the past or present.
There are ways, however, to understand why this topic has been such a flashpoint. In part this is because it is embedded in the question of whether or not figural imagery is forbidden by the religion of Islam. The answer is unequivocal in certain realms. There are no representations of God, for instance, because God is understood as absolute, eternal, and omnipresent, having no bodily manifestation. Therefore, rather than using what would be inappropriate means to convey God’s qualities, in terms of the human form, artists in the Muslim tradition have c
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Have pictures living example Muhammad at all times been forbidden?
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