eforehedestroyedthepictureanditsframewithhishugemember.

    Theysaythatitwasn’tthebeautyoftheVeiahadarousedtheFrankishstallion—thoughshewasiriking—buttheactoftakingaparticularmareandpaintingapictureilikeness.Now,thequestionarises:Isitsinfultobedepictedasthatmarehadbeen,thatis,likearealmare?Inmycase,asyousee,thereisverylittlediffereweenmyimageandotherpicturesofhorses.

    Actually,thoseofyouarticularattentiontothegraidse,thelengthofmylegsandtheprideofmybearingwilluandthatIamindeedutheseexcelleurespointtotheuniquenessoftheminiaturistwhoillustratedme,nottomyuniquenessasahorse.Everyoneknowsthatthere’snohorseexactlylikeme.I’msimplytherenderingofahorsethatexistsinaminiaturist’simagination.

    Lookingatme,observersfrequentlysay,“GoodGod,whatageoushorse!”Butthey’reactuallypraisiist,notme.Allhorsesareinfactdistindtheminiaturist,aboveall,oughttoknowthis.

    Takeacloselook,evenagivenstallion’saresembleanother’s.Don’tbeafraid,youexamiupclose,aakeitinyourhands:MyGod-givenmarvelhasashapeandcurveallitsown.

    Nowthen,allminiaturistsillustrateallhorsesfrommemoryinthesameway,eventhoughwe’veeachbeenuniquelycreatedbyAllah,GreatestofallCreators.Whydotheytakeprideinsimplyrenderingthousandsandtensofthousandsofhorsesinthesamewaywithoutevertrulylookingatus?I’lltellyouwhy:Becausethey’reattemptingtodepicttheworldthatGodperceives,nottheworldthattheysee.Doesn’tthatamounttochallengingGod’sunity,thatis—Allahforbid—isn’titsayingthatIcoulddothewod?Artistswhoaredistentwithwhattheyseewiththe