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Hi, I am trying to learn a lot more about Islam and it feels like a fair place to start by learning about Allah first since that's the core of the faith. I was raised Christian, so we got our lot of names but it's almost all just titles and epithets of one constant father in the father (not jumping into Trinity stuff), but how would you define the 99 names of Allah as a system. Is it more of a system of honorifics or more emanations of Allah since he is too big to quantify. Apologies if this has been asked before. And bonus question only if you have the time, is the use of these names as icons or symbols frowned upon (stained glass windows, on prayer mats, focusing items, mosque decoration, etc...).

Hi, I am not of the faith myself but was wondering about this question since I am a writer and don't want to misrepresent what might be an issue I am unaware has already been had or has precedent. Here is the question in a little more detail. Would a lab grown protein without any head due to being closer in growth pattern to a plant in both intelligence and a lack of traditional animal structure be even capable of being halal or does the process of making cells reproduce in an atypical way already make the resulting meat not halal by reason of its origins? And if not, why?