Description

In this cosmic and deeply philosophical painting, Sadequain visualizes the act of divine creation, reimagining it through a blend of Islamic calligraphy, abstract geometry, and celestial symbolism. A powerful hand—echoing Michelangelo’s Creation of Adam—reaches out from a robed figure with an intense gaze, channeling divine energy into the swirling fabric of the universe. From this gesture emerges a brilliant tapestry of stars, planets, moons, and galaxies, flowing like a river of light across the canvas.

Beneath this stream, a disoriented human figure lies upside down, his feet in the air—a symbol of human confusion or the inversion of divine order in the material world. To the right, an abstracted Earth floats amidst heavenly bodies, while cacti and thorny plants emerge below, anchoring the scene in the harshness of earthly existence.

The calligraphy framing the composition includes verses in Urdu that reflect on the mystery of existence, the divine command (“Kun fa-yakoon” – Be, and it is), and humanity’s struggle to comprehend its place in the cosmos. Combining the metaphysical with the mathematical, the spiritual with the scientific, this work exemplifies Sadequain’s vision of art as a bridge between reason, revelation, and the awe of creation itself.