Aminah Visited by Angels, 6th Century

A Persian miniature taken from the Siyer-i Nebi is a Turkish epic about the life of Muhammad, completed around 1388. The Ottoman ruler Murad III commissioned a lavish illustrated copy of the work. The calligrapher Lutfi Abdullah completed the work in 1595. The illustration is captioned: A host of angels visited Muhammad's mother, Aminah, in a dream and told her she would soon give birth to the prophet. The angels instructed her to name him Muhammad, meaning highly praised'. But according to contrary Islamic tradition he was named by his grandfather, Abdul Muttalib

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1595 Abdullah Amina Anthropology Arabic Bent Bint Calligrapher Calligraphy Divine Highly Legislator Lufti Messenger Mohammed Muhammad Muhammed Muhhamed Nebi Orator Persia Praised Prophet Reformer Syer Vision Winged

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