“Not painters,” corrected Enis from t from Bukhari.”

    “On Judgment Day, to bring ted to life,” I said cautiously. “Since to do so t o suffer torments of  it not be forgotten t in tor“ is one of ttributes of Alla is Allaive, o existence,  to compete est of sins is committed by painters ive as he.”

    I made my statement firmly, as if I, too, were accusing o my eyes.

    “Do you t we’ve been doing?”

    “Never,” I said  Elegant Effendi, may  in peace, began to assume ing.  your use of tive and tian masters  temptation of Satan. In t painting, you’ve supposedly rendered tal using teche

    impression not of a painting but of reality; to suc to entice men to bo, as o  only because t of perspective removes ting from God’s perspective and lo to treet dog, but because your reliance on tians as ablisraditions  of trip us of our purity and reduce us to being their slaves.”

    “Note Effendi. “In ts, er out of joy and causes a co run doain of tyles ofore never brougogetogeto create someting to ting of an Arabic illustrating sensibility and Mongol-Cing. Sa paintings marry Persian style urkmen subtleties. today, if men cannot adequately praise ts ’s because urists to adopt tyles of ters. to God belongs t and t. May ect us from terated.”

    and brig ,  on tening. Despite finding  believe  ening at times for tyard gate belo he was hoping someone would deliver him from my presence.

    “You yourself told me er of Isfa library containing tings ed  of bad conscien