Tawhid and its implications for Islamic architecture

Tawhid and its implications for Islamic architecture

This paper discusses the Islamic notion of tawhid (the Oneness of Allah) and its implications for Islamic architecture. The paper is divided into two major parts. Firstly, the meaning and significance of tawhid, as a cornerstone of the Islamic belief system, is presented. Secondly, tawhid’s most imp...

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Main Author: Spahic, Omer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Kulliyyah of Architecture and Environmental Design, IIUM 2012
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BL Religion
Islamic art and architecture
Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/39594/
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spelling iium-395942016-03-14T02:35:37Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/39594/ Tawhid and its implications for Islamic architecture Spahic, Omer BL Religion Islamic art and architecture This paper discusses the Islamic notion of tawhid (the Oneness of Allah) and its implications for Islamic architecture. The paper is divided into two major parts. Firstly, the meaning and significance of tawhid, as a cornerstone of the Islamic belief system, is presented. Secondly, tawhid’s most important implications for perceiving, creating and using Islamic architecture are explained. The paper seeks to enhance the awareness, both of the professionals and general readership, as to the centrality of the role of the concept of tawhid in correctly conceptualizing and practicing Islamic architecture. The nature of the paper, along with its content, methodology and conclusions, is conceptual and philosophical, rather than empirical. The paper concludes that Islamic architecture is an architecture that embodies the message of Islam. It both facilitates Muslims’ realization of the Islamic purpose and its divine principles on earth, and promotes a lifestyle generated by such a philosophy and principles. The implications of tawhid for Islamic architecture are ideological, rather than technical. Such is the profundity of the influence the concept of tawhid exerts on Islamic architecture – and on Islamic culture and civilization, in general – that it gives the latter its conspicuous soul and identity. Without the effect of tawhid, no architecture deserves to be dubbed ‘Islamic’. Kulliyyah of Architecture and Environmental Design, IIUM 2012 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/39594/8/39594.pdf Spahic, Omer (2012) Tawhid and its implications for Islamic architecture. Journal of Architecture, Planning and Construction Management, 1 (2). pp. 21-35. ISSN 2231-9514 http://journals.iium.edu.my/kaedjournal/index.php/KAEDJournals/issue/view/4
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Islamic art and architecture
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Islamic art and architecture
Spahic, Omer
Tawhid and its implications for Islamic architecture
description This paper discusses the Islamic notion of tawhid (the Oneness of Allah) and its implications for Islamic architecture. The paper is divided into two major parts. Firstly, the meaning and significance of tawhid, as a cornerstone of the Islamic belief system, is presented. Secondly, tawhid’s most important implications for perceiving, creating and using Islamic architecture are explained. The paper seeks to enhance the awareness, both of the professionals and general readership, as to the centrality of the role of the concept of tawhid in correctly conceptualizing and practicing Islamic architecture. The nature of the paper, along with its content, methodology and conclusions, is conceptual and philosophical, rather than empirical. The paper concludes that Islamic architecture is an architecture that embodies the message of Islam. It both facilitates Muslims’ realization of the Islamic purpose and its divine principles on earth, and promotes a lifestyle generated by such a philosophy and principles. The implications of tawhid for Islamic architecture are ideological, rather than technical. Such is the profundity of the influence the concept of tawhid exerts on Islamic architecture – and on Islamic culture and civilization, in general – that it gives the latter its conspicuous soul and identity. Without the effect of tawhid, no architecture deserves to be dubbed ‘Islamic’.
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author Spahic, Omer
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title Tawhid and its implications for Islamic architecture
title_short Tawhid and its implications for Islamic architecture
title_full Tawhid and its implications for Islamic architecture
title_fullStr Tawhid and its implications for Islamic architecture
title_full_unstemmed Tawhid and its implications for Islamic architecture
title_sort tawhid and its implications for islamic architecture
publisher Kulliyyah of Architecture and Environmental Design, IIUM
publishDate 2012
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/39594/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/39594/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/39594/8/39594.pdf
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