"Enter thou My Heaven" - a photo on Flickriver

The exterior decorations of the Taj Mahal are among the finest to be found in Mughal architecture.
Passages from the Qur'an are used as decorative elements and selected in order to provide a visual enhancement showing that it was an image of Heavens.
Surat Al-Fajr (Arabic: سورة الفجر Sūrat ul-Faǧr, The Dawn, Daybreak) is the 89th sura of the Qur'an with 30 ayat, it is used on the door which leads to the gardens.
The sura describes destruction of disbelieving peoples, such as Ancient Egyptians and the people of Iram of the Pillars.
It condems those who love wealth and look with disdain upon the poor and orphans.
Righteous people are promised Paradise - the final verse says:
"'O you peaceful soul, Return to your Lord, well pleased with Him, and He well pleased with you; So, enter you among My chosen bondmen, And come to My Garden."

In 1983, the Taj Mahal (ताज महल) became a UNESCO World Heritage Site and was cited as "the jewel of Muslim art in India and one of the universally admired masterpieces of the world's heritage."
This picture was shot during the only hour of sunshine of that day of monsoon and it was the first time that I saw as less tourits at the Taj.
This group of villagers came from Rajasthan in order to visit this place.
A few women saw my camera and asked me to shoot their portrait, later when they felt confident I tried a few things like this image.
I always found those Rajasthani costumes fascinating and inspiring.

Those verses of the Qur'an from the background of the Taj Mahal seems to be appropriate to this picture.

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Taken in: India / Uttar Pradesh / Agra (show map)

Taken on: June 19, 2008

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Aperture:	f/6.8
Exposure Time:	0.003 sec (1/320)
Focal Length:	11.5mm
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
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Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
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