Arabic calligraphy which is your favorite?

[umm-sulaim]

yh saheeh about dictation, i use farsi ta'liq/rik'a when u have to write really fast too. With letter writing i prefer rik'a n naskh.

 

[north_malaysian]

I could only write in naskh as it the official handwriting used in public exam papers (Arabic and Islamic studies subjects). Plus the Malay language written in Jawi script (Arabic alphabets) is in Naskh. And my handwriting is so bad in whatsoever language...:giggling:

But I love Ruq'ah..................... :thumbs_up

 

[snakelegs]

check out this one:
http://kunst.zeit.de/805.html?&tx_cccbrowse_pi1[pointer]=3&cHash=b54661fc7a
(i tried to post it, but it was too big and fat).

hmmmm - you will need to copy and past the address.

 

[thirdwatch512]

i liked deewani

 

[جوري]

check out this one:
http://kunst.zeit.de/805.html?&tx_cccbrowse_pi1[pointer]=3&cHash=b54661fc7a
(i tried to post it, but it was too big and fat).

hmmmm - you will need to copy and past the address.

lols.. yes thank you.. I included this same link in the bottom of post 20?.. but yes it is pretty cool... thanks so much for sharing :smile:

 

[Ra`eesah]

Assalamu`Alaykum

Maasha`Allaah interesting thread! My writing is Naskh and my husbands is reqaa. I should scan his notes, and upload it here,its a disaster!

Voted for Deewani

 

[snakelegs]

lols.. yes thank you.. I included this same link in the bottom of post 20?.. but yes it is pretty cool... thanks so much for sharing :smile:

the link just keeps going to the first page. anyway, i think i've figured out how to post it. i love this colour - you really have to make it bigger to appreciate.

 

[جوري]

the link just keeps going to the first page. anyway, i think i've figured out how to post it. i love this colour - you really have to make it bigger to appreciate.

it is yes.. it says to establish prayer, as prayer prohibits (sinning/bad deeds etc.) ( wa'aqeemo asalat, ina asalat tanhy 3an alf7sha'a wal monkar) if you read from right to left horizontally, if you weren't familiar with Quranic Arabic those words would be read differently, by the way there are no dots on the consonants either and I can still read it, contrary to popular belief that establishing or incorporating that sort of orthography caused words to look distorted and lose original meaning.. Also, I'll have to bring an example of how prayer technically should be written and how it is actually written in the Quran--but I must run now :hmm:

 

[north_malaysian]

From my observations most grand mosques in Malaysia have Kufi on the Mihrab (the wall facing Mecca where the Imam usually lead the prayer), Thuluth on the walls and Diwani on the dome. If I'm not mistaken there is an institute for Islamic Calligraphy in Malaysia...

 

[Khayal]

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I liked Thuluth!!! nice thread.

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[north_malaysian]

there's another one "Muhaqqaq"

see the part 4 of the Article.

http://www.sakkal.com/ArtArabicCalligraphy.html

 

[north_malaysian]

The chinese Muslims also have their own Arabic calligraphy style called "Sini"

http://www.hajinoordeen.com/

 

[جوري]

The chinese Muslims also have their own Arabic calligraphy style called "Sini"

http://www.hajinoordeen.com/

Masha'Allah indeed .. thanks so much for sharing

 

[Ra`eesah]

Maasha`Allaah, its beautiful. Sini just means chinese in arabic. Sin is China

so sini style, chinese style.

 

[north_malaysian]

The Chinese Muslims are very unique right?.... they have their own Arabic calligraphy and their own mosque architecture... No wonder Islam survives there....

I've seen the Sini Calligraphy master demonstrations in Malaysia... the way they write those Arabic word just like the way they write the chinese ones...

They used the same kind of brush and paper... and the movement is like a kung-fu master!!!:coolious:

 

[tearsofice21]

Assalamu 'alaikum,

For writing, I prefer Naskh because it's easy to read.. but for artistic purposes, I like Thuluth.. Masha'Allah beautiful!!

 

[tearsofice21]

Assalamu 'alaikum

Just wanted to add: Sini is also beautiful Masha'Allah!! Wow sounds cool north_malaysian

 

[Ali.]

I liked Naskh

 

[crayon]

Kufi is beautiful.
Shame I can't read it, though.

 

[amirah_87]

^ Yeah it's pretty hard. It takes a lot of practise n' getting used to.

Just in case people want to know what's been writing in those different scripts, I'm gonna transliterate a few of the lease obvious inshaAllaah:

- Kufi

1) " Laa ilaaha illal-laah"
2) "Allama bil qalam"

- Thuluth

The first one's clear inshaAllaah. The second one says:

"Wa ja'alnaakum shu'uubanw-wa qabaa'ila li-ta'aarafuu.."

- Dewaani

The second one took quite a while for me to figure out! buh!

"Alaa bi-dhikrillaahi tat'ma-innul-quluub.."

.. Haaji Noor Deen's calligraphy is real good. I also quite like Hasan Al-Mas'uud's.