La Ilaha Illallah Shahada — Acrylic Islamic Wall Art

The Shahada — لا إله إلا الله محمد رسول الله — there is no god but Allah, Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, drawn as one panoramic band of Thuluth. The whole declaration sits on a single sweeping baseline, with the ascenders of the lams and alifs fanning upward in a shallow arc so it reads as one continuous line rather than stacked rows. It is cut as a single open piece: no frame and no backing panel. The wall shows through the counters of the letters, and the only edge is the contour of the script itself.

The piece is twice as wide as it is tall, which puts it where a tall panel cannot go — above a sofa or a sideboard, along a hallway, over a headboard, or across the long wall of a majlis. At the 120 cm width it stands about 60 cm tall, and the 60 cm size is closer to a shelf piece. Gloss piano black holds a hard graphic edge against pale plaster. Mirror gold warms under lamplight and takes on the colour of the room around it. Mirror chrome silver stays cooler and brighter, and sits well where the fittings are already steel or nickel.

• Material: 3mm cast acrylic, cut on the CO2 laser in our own Dubai workshop.
• Finishes: gloss piano black, mirror gold, or mirror chrome silver.
• Sizes: stated by width — 60, 80, 100 and 120 cm; the height is half the width, so the largest stands about 60 cm tall.
• Mounting: float-mounted — it sits off the wall rather than flat against it.
• Made in the UAE: drawn, cut and finished in our Dubai workshop.
• Gifting: a steady choice for a nikah, a new home or a housewarming — the Shahada belongs in a Muslim home year round rather than to one occasion.