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Journey Through the Seerah
An Artwork that captivates, educates, and Motivates!
Dive deep into the Seerah and enrich your family’s faith and understanding, so that they can feel a closer connection to the Prophet ﷺ.
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A stirring and priceless treasure-trove of reliable knowledge about God's most beloved messenger.”
—Sh Hamza Karamali,
Basira Education and Why Islam is True
As salaamu alaykum.
My name is Besim.
In 2014, I started working on a Seerah artwork project, the like of which had never been attempted before.
I had a few ideas that served as the basis:
- Deeply Rich: About 20x more details than ANY seerah poster ever made … in any language!
- Traditional Spirit: Based on traditional Muslim sources and designed with spirit of instilling love of our Beloved Messenger (salla Allahu alayhi wa sallim).
- Contextualized: based on Seerah lessons by Western Muslim scholars, uniquely written and designed for today’s English audiences.
The idea, at first, seemed simple enough: create a content-rich seerah artwork in a timeline format. As an experienced designer and typographer, I wanted to use typography as the primary means of bringing different events during the blessed life of the our Beloved Prophet (salla Allahu alayhi wa sallim) to life.
If done well, I knew there was potential to make the first, deeply-rich Seerah artwork ever.
Up until that point, I’d seen many Seerah artworks in various languages produced throughout the world. Without exception, all had limited themselves to 20–60 main events written with small type and using small imagery such that you could walk by it a hundred times and wouldn't stop to take a look once.
Instead of serving its purpose of making you stop and reflect on the Seerah, they often became ignored posters, left on some random wall to collect dust.
Previous attempts, as noble as their intentions were, never did full justice to the Seerah by bringing out the various levels of depth that it has to offer.
“The entire Seerah in one gorgeous poster.”
“It’s a large white canvas with every major event in the Prophet’s ﷺ life described in a newspaper headline with relevant dates, descriptions, and verses beneath each clipping. Besides being beautiful, it’s a great reference to have.
There are over 100 events listed here, making it impossible to ever tire from reading from it. You can look at the poster and learn something new for years.
I highly, highly recommend.”
—Dr Shadee Elmasry
Safina Society
Nor did we see any that were designed in a way that made you feel like you were there at the time, experiencing the events unfolding like those around the Prophet (salla Allahu alayhi wa sallim) did.
We all felt that our Beloved Prophet (salla Allahu alayhi wa sallim) and his Blessed Ummah deserved something more than that.
The challenge presented was to create something using bigger and bolder type and imagery that not only captured 4–5 times the amount of details in an engaging manner but allowed you to see the main events at a greater distance.
It would have to bring you there as if you were experiencing it: the shocks, pains and joys felt from these world-changing events as their news were reverberating first through Mecca, then throughout the Peninsula, then the worlds around them.
I always wanted a seerah artwork that could really capture my interest but had yet to find one, so I set out to design one myself.
The dilemma in front of my was do I try to make a quick version that did much of what I was looking for or do I take my time and try to perfect it as much as possible…
“This is an excellent, engaging, and thoughtful presentation of the Life of the Messenger of Allah (peace & blessings be upon him) and some of its key lessons. Perfect for anyone or any family seeking to connect to the Prophet (peace be upon him and his beautiful life.”
—Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
SeekersGuidance
How Quick Can We Design It?
I saw, almost immediately, that many of the weaknesses in other seerah artworks could be resolved with minimum effort if I wanted to simply keep the amount of events to about 100–200 lines of text.
If I did that, then perhaps I can simply speed up the timeline by paying a researcher to quickly put together a bullet list while I came in at the end to simply design what someone else had wrote.
But that didn't feel right.
I simply couldn’t bring myself to do it.
Not if I wanted it to be a work of excellence, something that the Prophet (salla Allahu alayhi wa sallim) had called all Muslims to.
“Amazing artwork detailing the life of the prophet (salla Allahu alayhi wa sallim) … It's quite exquisite.”
—Hassan Shibly, Esq.
Muslim Legal
A quick, commercialized artwork would allow no time for experimenting and serendipitous discoveries.
It would not allow years of editing the content with painstaking effort and attention to detail.
It wouldn't allow going through every single line and carefully selecting the best wording, font, sizing and spacing, going through dozens of iterations on every line, making sure each line was given the attention and care it deserved.
It wouldn't allow me to go through hundreds of Seerah lectures and steadily try to instill into the artwork the years of work and striving that went through those untold number of lessons and the spirit of their efforts.
And, most importantly, rushing it wouldn’t allow time to reflect on the events in the Seerah and how to draw lessons in our own lives, findings parallels to guide me, and those who follow, through the ups and downs.
What would be the point of doing such a work if it wouldn’t give me time to making it something personally profound.
A rushed job never could allow for this.
I never liked rushing regular artwork and design projects. So how could I rush this?
Such an ambitious artwork required taking a long-term outlook where thousands of hours of studying, listening, reading, writing, editing and designing were all feeding off each other.
This could only be done by carefully mixing these vital ingredients and letting them simmer and over long periods of time, with each one slowly and steadily complementing and enhancing to the flavor the others has to offer.
So I set off to first tackle how to even begin and design such an artwork …
Speechless!
“The first time I saw this amazing Seerah artwork, I was speechless.
As a teacher and researcher of the prophetic biography, I began to scan and scrutinize the canvas and realized that not only was every major event included, but many vignettes and lesser-known details were woven in without seeming dry.
For the first time, I saw art come together with knowledge in a deep way. The work can only be described as magisterial.
It should grace the walls of every home, mosque and school, because it breathes the words: “Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him).”
—Sh. Abdullah Misra
Seerah Song
The Challenge
In the beginning I gave myself several core challenges that would guide the design:
1) Would it be possible to not only the main events like Badr and the Isra in big, bold type, but also include many of the smaller incidents contained within each of these events that would bring these events to life?
… Answer: Yes!
2) While doing so could it include references to many of the ayats that were revealed during the main events of the Seerah? This way it could serve as interactive references so that one may open up their Mushaf and read related ayats as one goes reads the artwork.
… Answer: Yes!
3) Would it be possible to include major pre-Islamic events, especially related to Ibrahim and Ishmael (peace be upon them), that hold key lessons related to the Seerah?
… Answer: Yes!
4) Can we highlight some important events of key sahaba so that we can learn about those impacted most by the Prophet (salla Allahu alayhi wa sallim)?
… Answer: Yes!
5) Can we integrate hadith of the Prophet (salla Allahu alayhi wa sallim) so that we can get a taste of his blessed words?
… Answer: Yes!
6) Can we include the major rulings that were revealed (salat, Ramadan, zakat, etc. including the major prohibitions such as wine and interest) so that we can visually understand when and where they were revealed so we can better experience revelation as the Sahaba did?
… Answer: Yes!
7) Can we include references to his marriages during the timeline and include sections about the family of the Prophet?
… Answer: Yes!
8) Can we make it feel more like an iman-inspiring khutba rather than an bland wikipedia entry?
… Answer: Yes!
Masha Allah! Tabarak Allah!
Brilliant!
“When I saw the seerah artwork, it was an instantaneous decision to place it in a prominent hallway on campus.
Visitors including non-Muslims, kids, families, etc. can stop and get a glance and I plan on having regular visitors win prizes and solve riddles by finding events, times and locations using this incredibly creative educational masterpiece!
I have a sensitive design aesthetic and am impressed with everything from the typography and typesetting to the color scheme.
It’s a brilliant idea to have this piece at home or your institution and to use it creatively to help yourself and especially younger kids map out the story of the Quran and its noble messenger (ﷺ)!”
—Sh. Nouman Ali Khan
Bayyinah
The Expanded Challenge
With each opening — namely coming up with solutions to these challenges — I then gave myself even further and more challenging goals.
The new challenges include:
1) Besides the main ayats that were revealed during major events, could we include references to ALL of the verses of Quran and place them into the timeline around the estimated time of their revelation?
… Answer: Yes!
2) Can we highlight the major prophecies in the Bible about the Prophet (salla Allahu alayhi wa sallim)?
… Answer: Yes!
3) Could we mention stories of other Prophets that will draw in non-Muslims right from the start of the timeline, watching Allah set the stage for our beloved’s mission as the final Prophet and Messenger, the final brick that was missing in a wall of prophets?
… Answer: Yes!
4) Could we connect our Prophet (salla Allahu alayhi wa sallim) with many of the major Prophets (alayhi salaam) in the Bible showing that they were in reality of one spirit and mission, from the lineage to Abraham to the conquests of Dawud and Sulayman to the Jesus and his near return (peace be upon them all).
… Answer: Yes!
5) Provide Muslims a basic understanding of the key proofs of Prophethood from the Bible so that all English speaking Muslims can have a basic understanding of the key arguments about Muhammad in the Bible, easily referenced right above your couch when non-Muslim friends and family members are over or right in a masjid room where non-Muslim guests sit.
… Answer: Yes!
Powerful & Interactive Tool!
“This Seerah artwork propels the concept of ‘Islamic art’ to innovative heights. Bold and modern in aesthetics, it is bound to draw the interest of all ages and religions.
However, it’s real appeal lies in its sheer scope and meticulously organized material concerning our beloved Prophet ﷺ, which means it can be utilized in a myriad of ways and settings, and I hope, renders it a powerful and interactive tool for learning about the life and teachings of the greatest human being to have lived on this earth!”
—Shaykh Jamir Meah
Muslim Chaplain at Wesleyan University and
Founder, Key to the Garden Institute
6) Besides important events related to key sahaba, can we also include incidents of over a hundred sahaba, including lesser known ones that highlight the generous and noble nature of the Prophet (salla Allahu alayhi wa sallim) and the uplifting and transformative effect he had on their lives, including those who were outcasts before Islam.
… Answer: Yes!
7) Besides a few hadith related to particular incidents, can we include dozens of short, ethical and authentic hadith of the Prophet (salla Allahu alayhi wa sallim) so that we can periodically glance upon them and reflect on his deeply profound teaching?
… Answer: Yes!
8) Can we include some thematic summaries of his teachings so that those who don't know much about Islam can also learn what he taught in regards to important issues that are especially relevant today besides just being a timeline?
… Answer: Yes!
9) Besides just including the marriages of our mothers as bullet points in the timeline, can we also mention a brief summary of ALL the Mothers of the Believers as well as highlight stories from other female companions during the Seera so that their stories are not forgotten?
… Answer: Yes!
ABOUT THE DESIGNER
BESIM BRUNCAJ
Born and raised in the Bronx, but living in Jordan since 2007, he brings over 20 years experience in graphic design and typography along with working a dozen years in traditional Islamic arts and calligraphy.
With a budding passion for Islamic education as a homeschooling dad, he has created a piece that tells the story of the Prophet's life in a way that is both modern and traditional.
This artwork is a reflection of Besim's unique blend of skills and his commitment to sharing the beauty of Islam with the world.
TESTIMONIALS
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“I fell in love at first sight, masha'Allah!”
HABIB DINGLE, UK
MASTER BOOKBINDER
“This art work is a beautiful representation of the seerah which is aesthetically pleasing and inspiring for those who really sit with it."
—Dr. Tashfeen Ekram
Author, “The Shafi i Manual Of Purity, Prayer & Fasting”
“This Seerah artwork combines love for the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace), traditional Islamic knowledge and prophetic history, and a modern take on sepia inspired art design like no one else before."
ATIF KHAN
ETHICA INSTITUTE
“A truly iconic and unique approach to the seerah of our beloved ﷺ. I have had the great honor of witnessing countless iterations over the years and can attest that the work presented here is a result of rigorous research and attention to detail."
HASEEB KHAN, CANADA
“The seerah artwork is hanging in our new Islamic school and is appreciated by everyone who comes in. Alhamdulilah”
N. KURDI, USA
“I absolutely love this, I have just placed my second order for my 2nd Seerah Canvas for my niece, as a house warming gift for her beautiful family"
—NASREEN W.
“I was amazed when I saw my boys become entranced by it, in particular my 9-year old son. When he saw the seerah artwork he immediately stopped whatever energetic activity he was doing and came over to investigate. For the next twenty minutes or so he was completely silent, totally engulfed by it."
SAIFULLAH B.
UK
“This is a beautiful piece of Islamic art work that would make sense in any modern home. The lines are clean, the colors are sophisticated. At first glance, it is striking. One notices it upon entering the room. It draws the visitor in and remains the focal point of conversation. The longer one spends with it, the more one sees, learns, and appreciates. The layers of graphics painstakingly designed and the events of the seerah carefully authenticated are invaluable. It is a visual teaching tool for young and older Muslims. At the end of a viewing, one comes away with a sense that this is a collection of artifacts – hundreds of newspaper clippings –lovingly preserved and presented to remind us all of the greatest events in history.”
NAUSHEEN A., Arts Teacher
Besides these challenges, there were dozens of others we had to solve including:
1. Capturing something of the spirit of the miraculous revelation revealed in a stunning Arabic (done by including several verses in Arabic and English featuring breathtaking calligraphy by many of the world's top calligraphers).
2. Highlighting many of the other miracles besides the Quran that Allah manifested upon his blessed hands (salla Allahu alayhi wa sallim).
3. Highlight some of the amazing prophecies such as the stunning signs before the end of times that he alone had foretold (salla Allahu alayhi wa sallim).
4. Capture something of the deep love that the Sahaba and his Noble Household had for him (salla Allahu alayhi wa sallim) and for the deep love that he has for each of us living today.
5. Much, much more.
The initial challenge of capturing 4–5 times the amount of details eventually turned to an artwork capturing about 20–50x the amount of information than any Seerah artwork had done before.
By the bounty of Allah and His generosity, not only was a solution was found for each challenge but we were blessed with finding many other aspects of the Seerah along the way.
Of which is the child friendliness of it …
A Visual Seerah Framework For Children!
The initial idea was to create a mostly-typographic artwork geared towards adults, but something funny happened along the way …
After the project began, I noticed how my young children had reacted quite positively to it, despite it being designed first for adults.
I carefully watched them and took note of what parts and features they liked most, and over the past 5 years I carefully edited it, adjusting the design accordingly in a way that would appeal to both adults and children. Starting first with my own kids.
It was at home that a stunning insight was discovered.
From about the age of 18 months, each of our kids who had gotten used to seeing the latest draft in our home, was able to point to some important events, especially those that were in bigger type or imagery.
I noticed that they were gradually building a visual map of the entire Seerah from a very young age.
We also noticed their love of stories about children, so we made sure to add several touching incidents of the Prophet’s (salla Allahu alayhi wa sallim) interactions with kids as these beautiful stories give us great insight to how he was able to touch the hearts of the youth around him and forever change them into people of love and high ambition.
“The Seerah timeline canvas is absolutely stunning in its layout and artistic style.
We just completed our study of seerah and this timeline made it easy to follow along and learn the important events.
Having this Seerah timeline displayed in the home helps us become consciously aware of RasulAllah ﷺ and his life every time we see it and read it. We are reminded about his life and it helps us be more humble as his ummah to follow his ﷺ example.
We congratulate you for your amazing work. MashaAllah tabarakAllah.”
—Umm Luqman (USA)
But what about older kids?
Besides being appealing to toddlers we also tested the artwork with older children who can read fluently and, alhamdulillah, we have found that they tend to become immediately captivated by it, often times browsing through the contents completely engrossed for half an hour or more, infatuated by the interplay of various fonts and images, recalling and mapping connections of lessons they had heard previously.
The hope now is that this will be an artwork that your child can grow with, from their birth until they leave your home so that when they are ready to enter the world as adults, they would have had years with this artwork providing them a visual framework on how to live their life as the Prophet (salla Allahu alayhi wa sallim) would love for them to. …
Very Powerful
“It's something very beneficial for da'wah purposes: beautiful – visually, but also content-wise, masha'Allah. The artwork is available at the right dimensions for home and I think that's very beautiful too.
Our kids at home walk past the walls every day and look at a random picture of a masjid, or a random picture of a flower, or a scenery.
But for them to look at this artwork of the life of al-Nabi (salla Allahu alayhi wa sallim) is profound.
One day they might look at it and another day they might be standing there to read it. And next thing you know they will get through the life of al-Nabi on their own doing. And that's very powerful. I think this is great!”
—Mufti Hussein Kamani
Qalam Institute
After spending over 2,000 days on the project we are excited to have launched the artwork!
This artwork is the fruit of over 6 years of hard work and I'm glad to be able to be finally able to offer it to you for you to share with all your loved ones.
May Allah accept this intention of yours to help increase the love of the Prophet (salla Allahu alayhi wa sallim) that you and your family has by purchasing this and sharing it with all around you. Ameen!
I look forward to being of service.
Was salaam,
Besim Bruncaj
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Artwork Breakdown
INFORMATION HIERARCHY
Levels of Information
Each section follows a similar heirarchy using font sizes and bolding:
- 1. Headline: Title of the section in a big, bold font which is legible from several yards/meters away. Usually this is a key event that the average first grader would know about (e.g. ‘Badr’, ‘Read!’, and ‘Isra & Mi‘raj’).
- 2. Primary Detail: Important details about the event that is a bit smaller than the header but larger than the rest of the text. These are still noticeable from a couple of yards away. For example, the “5 Daily Prayers Gifted!” during the Isra & Miraj.
- 3. Secondary Detail: a bunch of key details that are slightly larger than the text size. In this section this includes lines such as "Heart washed with Zamzam again by the angels” and “Leads 100,000 prophets in prayer.”
- 4. Summary details: several lines of details in a legible font. You should be somewhat close to read these, e.g. "Given a choice, chooses milk over wine“ and "Describes Jerusalem & the Meccan caravan in detail.”
- 5. Fine Details: several lines of details in a smaller font. You should be very close to read. Since it's not an essential point, the small size means you often will only read it once in a while.
- 6. Commentary: additional points of benefit usually on the side(s) of the column in a font that was specially designed for legibility at small sizes. You must get up very close to read these.
This format is a visual way that represents how one learns any type of knowledge:
At first, you just learn the basics, but as you spend more time with it, put effort into it and become more intimate with it, then more reveals itself to you.
DETAILS
Artwork Specs
Each artwork is as follows:
- Size: 55" x 39¼" (140cm x 100cm).
- Material: Cotton canvas.
- Ships: rolled in a tube.
- Ink: printed using bright, long lasting inks.
- Framing: Designed to fit Ikea's Bjorksta frame, allowing you to frame it at a budget. You can also frame it at your local frame shop.
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- Witness the Seerah: Experience the seerah as if you were there!
- 1000's of hours: 6+ years of research, design and development.
- Spirited: Designed to capture the feelings and energy of traditional lessons on the Seerah, where instilling love of the Prophet (salla Allahu alayhi wa sallim) was the essential part.
- Richly Detailed: For the first time in history (in any language) a deeply rich seerah artwork – over 20x more details than previous artworks in any language!
- A Tasteful Mix: We carefully crafted a mixed of modern aesthetics with traditional Victorian typography, Eastern with the Western, calmness and excitement.
- Universal Decor: Because of the balanced mix of styles, the artwork fits in any decor setting, home or masjid, modern or classic styles.
Experience the Seerah in a New Way
- Every Ayat: Every ayat is linked chronologically to the events and periods when they were revealed, allowing you see how revelation played a tremendous role in all the events and showing the Divine wisdom in having sending revelation during the Prophet’s blessed life (salla Allahu alayhi wa sallim).
- By those Immediately Impacted: One way to see the Seerah is to see it through the lens of the Sahaba and The Noble Household. Of the greatest proofs of prophethood is how those around him (salla Allahu alayhi wa sallim) became the greatest people after the prophets to walk this earth. This artwork mentions over 100 Sahaba with dozens of events where their greatness was highlighted.
- Ancient, Historic, Present & Future: Normally the Seerah is only read or heard in a chronological perspective, one moment at a time. With this artwork you can take in all the events related to the life of the Prophet (salla Allahu alayhi wa sallim) from the events of Abraham to the meeting at the Hawd in Jannah, at a single glance, allowing you to go back and forth through time and make visual connections that wouldn't have been so obvious via other mediums.
- As if you are there: Experience it almost as if you are there! See these events as they truly were, with each second of the Seerah being a historic event that forever changed humanity forever.
- Like Owais: Imagine living like the great Owais al-Qarni from Yemen and other believers like him from far off lands, who lived during these events and believed despite never meeting the Prophet (salla Allahu alayhi wa sallim). Imagine eagerly awaiting for any news from Medina. Experience the joys like Badr and the Opening of Mecca or the heartaches like Uhud as they did, awaiting with deep longing for any new reports and revelation.
- Miraculous: Besides the Inimitable Qur’an, the Prophet (salla Allahu alayhi wa sallim) was blessed with dozens of other miracles, with more authentically known miracles at his hands than all previous prophets combined. This artwork has several of them sprinkled throughout from the rigorously authenticated and mass trasmitted incident of the palm tree weeping to several incidents related to miraculous water flowing.
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- Size: 55" x 39¼" (140cm x 100cm).
- Framing: Fits Ikea's Bjorksta frame.
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