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The Lady of Heaven

سيدة الجنة

British film about Fatima, daughter of the Prophet ﷺ; it drew wide controversy and was seen by many Muslims as offensive in its depictions.

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Images and figural artPolemic and apologetic

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Format
Film · About Islam
Released
2021 CE · 1442 AH†
Countries
GB
Approach
historical drama

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Overview

A British film about Fatima, the daughter of the Prophet; it provoked wide controversy, and some Muslims considered it offensive to the faces of the portrayed figures. 1 2

People and things also explored

Aniconism in Islam· Horse colours and markings in Timurid painting· Orientalism· The orientalist claim that the Prophet authored the Qur'an· The orientalist claim that Islamic law derives from Roman law· Tasweer (making and keeping images, and the view on living beings)· The killing of Ka'b ibn al-Ashraf· The Pisa Griffin

Sources

  1. Wikidata
  2. IMDb
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islam.museum contributors. “The Lady of Heaven”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/screen/sayyidat-al-janna-2021/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-17.

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Aniconism in Islam

The avoidance of depicting sentient beings in formal Islamic art, especially in worship; a rule that channelled Islamic art toward calligraphy and ornament.