Featured Work from the 2020 Collection: The Sea and Its Pearls

One of six paintings inspired by the natural world and its divine echoes.

This piece emerges from The Sea and Its Pearls, a 2020 collection honoring the majesty of the earth and ocean. Rooted in the dynamic interplay between land and sea, the painting imagines the ocean as a celestial tapestry—folding into the earth’s curves like a garment tailored by divine design. It is part map, part memory, and wholly a meditation on the interconnected beauty of God's creation.

Rendered in an abstract style, the composition suggests waves, mountain ridges, and coastlines blending into one another—offering a vision of nature not as chaos, but as sacred harmony. Adorned with verses from the Holy Quran, this painting transcends landscape; it becomes a Sea of Faith, reminding the viewer of spiritual resilience, surrender, and divine mercy.

At the heart of the painting, encircled in a luminous gold halo reminiscent of a pearl, are the words:

فَإِنَّ مَعَ الْعُسْرِ يُسْرًا
Fa inna ma‘al ‘usri yusrā
"Verily, with hardship comes ease."
— Surah Ash-Sharh (94:6)

Along the bottom, the heartfelt supplication of Prophet Yunus (as) is inscribed, as he called out from the depths:

لَا إِلٰهَ إِلَّا أَنتَ سُبْحَانَكَ إِنِّي كُنتُ مِنَ الظَّالِمِينَ
Lā ilāha illā anta subḥānaka innī kuntu min al-ẓālimīn
"There is no deity except You; exalted are You. Indeed, I have been of the wrongdoers."
— Surah Al-Anbiya (21:87)

Together, these sacred verses anchor the piece—reminding the viewer that from the depths of trial, faith emerges like a pearl from the sea.