Writing The Sublime: The Art of Calligraphy in the Religions of Abraham<\/a>,\u201d which features the calligrahpic work of the three major Abrahamic religions. While promoting an understanding of the beauty of Islam is one of Zakariya\u2019s main goals, he mainly considers his work \u2013 \u201cmusic for the eyes\u201d \u2013 to be a means of spiritual reflection on the Divine. \u201cWe can\u2019t get away from the fact,\u201d Zakariya said, \u201cthat God is a huge mystery.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/i><\/p>\n
Shahed Amanullah is editor-in-chief of altmuslim.com.\n<\/p>\n
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