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Many scripts in Unicode, such as Arabic, have special orthographic rules that require certain combinations of letterforms to be combined into special ligature forms.In English, the common ampersand (&) developed from a ligature in which the handwritten Latin letters e and t (spelling et, Latin for and) were combined. [1]
[2] [3] It is known in Arabic as khatt Arabi (خط عربي), which translates into Arabic line, design, or construction. [ 4 ] The development of Islamic calligraphy is strongly tied to the Qur'an ; chapters and excerpts from the Qur'an are a common and almost universal text upon which Islamic calligraphy is based.
It is used in over half of the constitutions of countries where Islam is the official religion or more than half of the population follows Islam, usually the first phrase in the preamble, including those of Afghanistan, [2] Bahrain, [3] Bangladesh, [4] Brunei, [5] Egypt, [6] Iran, [7] Iraq, [8] Kuwait, [9] Libya, [10] Maldives, [11] Pakistan ...
Taking Shape: Abstraction From the Arab World, 1950s-1980s, a 2020 installation at New York University's Grey Art Gallery, explored how Arabic calligraphy, with its ancient presence in visual art, influenced abstract art in the Arab world. [20]
Kalimat aṭ-Ṭayyibah (Word of Purity) لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا ٱللَّٰهُ مُحَمَّدٌ رَّسُولُ ٱللَّٰهِ There is no deity but Allah (God), Muhammad is the messenger of Allah (God). [4] [5] lā ʾilāha ʾillā -llāh u muḥammadur rasūlu -llāh i: 2. كَلِمَاتْ اَلشَّهَادَة ...
As the Jewish Festival of Lights, or Hanukkah, is fast approaching (December 25, 2024 to January 2, 2025), we’re looking forward to playing dreidel (and winning gelt!), lighting the menorah with ...
There are many ways to show gentle care for your loved ones, and one of the simplest, but also most enjoyable, is to simply tuck them in when they sleep. Our spouses, our children, our parents ...
salamu alaykum written in the Thuluth style of Arabic calligraphy. As-salamu alaykum (Arabic: ٱلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ, romanized: as-salāmu ʿalaykum, pronounced [as.sa.laː.mu ʕa.laj.kum] ⓘ), also written salamun alaykum and typically rendered in English as salam alaykum, is a greeting in Arabic that means 'Peace be upon you'.