The Genius of Arabic Calligraphy in Islamic Civilization

A brief overview of the art of Arabic calligraphy, which has enjoyed a great place in the Arab and Islamic world throughout the ages. Calligraphers have received every warm and honor due to Muslims'' care and pride in this authentic Arabic art. There is no nation in history in whose life beautiful calligraphy has played such an important role in the life of the Arab Islamic nation. Wherever one turns his eyes to the Islamic monuments of various eras, he finds exquisite calligraphy filling palaces, mosques, schools, walls and ceilings with written Qur''anic verses surmounted by them. In beautiful handwriting that suits the place and purpose for which it was written, this extends to pendants, light lamps, utensils, wooden boxes, and copper handles, and to gold coins, surgical machines, and weapons of various types, such as shields, swords, arrows, and spears.