the Sufi, Arabic calligraphy Calligraphy
Since the Koran forbids the realistic representation of animate beings, Islam has developed more than the previous cultures, architecture
and the art of calligraphy rather than painters and sculptors.
sacred art par excellence, calligraphy requires you to dial all'amanuense under a direct divine inspiration. E 'then an art developed mainly in the
Sufism, where the calligrapher, as well as technical subjects, formal and artistic, also follows an inner discipline under the guidance of a Sufi master.
The art of calligraphy derives its prestige from its aim of communicating the Word of Allah and has references to the Koran
spread in the second century of Islamic art and soon became the most valuable. E 'Islamic art par excellence is indeed one of the two "arts Quranic" together with the recitation of the Holy Book. The calligrapher
enjoyed a position of honor and dignity above the painter. Even kings were seeking a religious merit writing the Koran. The books of Arab history and literature have left us the names of several calligraphers while remaining silent in the case of architects, painters and craftsmen.
Calligraphy is the only art that now has representatives from Arab Christians and Muslims in Istanbul, Cairo, Beirut and Damascus, whose production surpasses any masterpiece in elegance and beauty of the past.
The fact that the art of Arabic calligraphy is in large part by non-Arabs (Egyptians, Berbers, Persians, Turks, etc..) Demonstrates the powerful cultural forces that inspired the peoples converted to Islam.
The pre-Islamic Arabic writing was readable only by those who could speak Arabic. In fact more distinct letters were written the same way. It was the meaning of the sentence to let you know how to read those letters.
Forty years or so after the death of the Prophet (sal), the need to be able to read the Koran in Arabic (for all religious rites) to non-Arab and also acting to prevent errors by Arabs incited uneducated Al-Hajjaj, the governor of Mu'awiya and former school teacher, to start a spelling reform with the introduction of diacritical points to distinguish these letters (ba, ta and tha, and the dhal, etc.) and signs of vocalization ( dammah, fathah, kasrah) taken from the Syriac.
We propose to show the difference a letter that the Prophet (sal) did write to the Governor of Bahrain:
and a text with spelling reform.
Like other Semitic languages, Arabic is written from right to left, because every action begins with the Muslim right.
The point, once defined, is used as a measure to determine the relationship between height and width of each letter.
To realize the versatility of Arabic calligraphy look at five ways to write "Assalamu alaikum
, peace be with you .
From:
http://www.sufi.it/Islam/calligrafia.htm
