Art in Islam: a conscious translation from world of ideas to language of form

• Main Author: Mohd Noor Merican, Ahmad Murad
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd 2023
• Subjects: BP1 Islam; N61 Theory. Philosophy. Aesthetics of the visual arts; Islamic art and architecture
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/112188/3/112188_Art%20in%20Islam.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/112188/; https://www.nst.com.my/opinion/columnists/2023/05/904585/art-islam-conscious-translation-world-ideas-language-form

The month of Ramadan offers a new way of experiencing our environment. One is conceiving fasting as a gift, allowing us to appreciate anew sights and sounds. To Muslim artists, it evokes the creative power of aesthetics, and specific ethics of production. These bear the mark of theological foundations (uṣūl al-dīn), the ethical rules (mu'āmalāt), and some of the greater symbols and similes (amthāl).