The twelfth painting in the Dhikr Pictural catalogue is called The Old Faithful or Le vieux Fidel. The canvas measures 2m by 2m. On a large part at the bottom of the painting, we see the earth color itself and on the top of the painting we find 5 bright colors that drip down. This represents all kinds of vegetations useful to humans and animals, which makes us a total of six colors. There are 19 gold circles scattered over the entire surface of the painting. The symbolism of this painting is none other than the multiple of 19 by 6 which gives us the number of 114 suras of the Holy Quran.

                            BISMILLAH RAHMANI RAHIM

The Basmalah which is the number of 19 letters and six verses of the Sakina that God sends down to the hearts of believers . This table dates from 2016 , at this time I had the answer of the mathematical coding of 19 in the Qur’an but not the 6 . So it was in 2020 that I made this discovery through my reading and research. I came across this famous verse, or rather these verses that speak of tranquility in the Koran.  These are in fact the six verses of the SAKINA [ Tranquility]. This state of being which at the end of the day is sought by most of us …
The Old Faithful/ The Old Fidel
Acrylic on canvas 200/200
The chosen surah is 48 , verse 4.

It is He who sent down « sakînah » ” tranquility” into the hearts of believers so that they would increase in faith along with their faith. The armies of heaven and earth belong to Allah; and ever is Allah Knowing and Wise.