Islamic Khat took its inspiration from Muslim belief in the divine origin of Arabic writing, the medium through which the Qu’aranic revelation to the Prophet Muhammad was recorded. In the early years of Islam the sanctity of Arabic writing was accepted among Arabs and non-Arabs alike, and its use in sacred and official texts gave rise to a wonderful […]
The Ka’bah (Arabic: ٱلْكَعْبَة al-kaʿbah IPA: [alˈkaʕba], “The Cube”), also referred as al-ka`bah al-musharrafah (The Holy Kaaba), is a building at the center of Islam’s most sacred mosque, that is Al-Masjid Al-Ḥarām (Arabic: الـمَـسـجِـد الـحَـرَام, The Sacred Mosque), in Mecca, Hejaz, Saudi Arabia. It is the most sacred site in Islam. It is considered by Muslims to be the bayt Allāh, the “House of God”, and has a similar role to the Tabernacle and Holy of Holies in Judaism. Wherever they […]
Islamic Khat took its inspiration from Muslim belief in the divine origin of Arabic writing, the medium through which the Qu’aranic revelation to the Prophet Muhammad was recorded. In the early years of Islam the sanctity of Arabic writing was accepted among Arabs and non-Arabs alike, and its use in sacred and official texts gave rise to a wonderful […]