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Original fileJob the prophet
Job is shown as a bearded, partially nude figure with a flame-like nimbus behind his head, emerging from a dark, winding stream. He wears a blue lower garment and gestures toward an angel standing on the bank to the right. The angel, with red hair and multicolored wings, wears a blue tunic over red trousers and extends a dark-colored cloth toward the prophet. The background features stylized, craggy rocks in blue and grey against a dark blue sky, scattered with small, colorful floral motifs across the earth.
This image illustrates a pivotal moment from the Qisas al-Anbiya (Tales of the Prophets), where God commands Job to strike the earth with his foot, causing a spring of water to appear for his healing. This narrative emphasizes Job's patience and divine restoration, a common motif in Islamic hagiography.
در پای خواست و دوازده گام بادی رفت جبرئیل گفت یا ایوب پای راست بر زمین زن ایوب پای راست بر زمین زد چشمه آب روان گشت گفت یا ایوب بدین آب غسل کن
Translation
At the foot, he wished, and [having] stepped twelve paces, Gabriel said, 'O Job, strike the right foot on the ground.' Job struck his right foot on the ground, a spring of water flowed, and [Gabriel] said, 'O Job, bathe in this water.'
Qisas al-Anbiya
The image directly depicts the narrative of Job found in this collection of stories about the prophets.
Object
gouache
parchment
Islamic Golden Age
Persian
manuscript-illumination
Digital Source
Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
358 × 622 px
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