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• Kufi is a font• It was the first font that the Quran was

documented• Kufi --- from Kufa in Iraq

Kufi also Kufic

Qur'an

(Arabic: القرآن al-qur’ān, literally “the recitation”; also sometimes transliterated as Quran, Qur’ān, Koran, Alcoran or Al-Qur’ān)  Verses from the Quran were revealed to Muhammad by the  angel Jibril (Gabriel)  (610 CE to 632 CE) These verses were then transmitted orally to followers and believers and memorisedWritten text complied in 633 CE

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qur'an

Kufic is the oldest calligraphic form of the various Arabic scripts and consists of a modified form of the old Nabatean script. Its name is derived from the city of  Kufa (in modern-day Iraq), although it was known in Mesopotamia at least 100 years before the foundation of Kufa. At the time of the emergence of  Islam, this type of script was already in use in various parts of the Arabian Peninsula. It was in this script that the first copies of the  Qur'an were written. Archaic Kufic script became dominant by the 8th century with the rapid spread of the Quran. However it lacked diacritical signs and was eventually replaced by Naskhi, an essentially cursive script.  Square Kufic, from its origin from Archaic Kufic, retained the lack of a vowel system, but has been used to this day mainly in architectural settings. Square Kufic is also known as geometric, rectangular, rectilinear or geometric Kufic. When used to create geometric patterns with glazed tiles or mosaic, it can sometimes be referred to with a Farsi word hazarbaf.

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Iran or Central AsiaStone Slab with Calligraphy, late 14th-early 15th centuryStone, Stone, 5 9/16 x 14 3/4 x 2 1/2 in. (14.13 x 37.47 x 6.35 cm)

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In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.  م� م�ي ر�� ٱل م مر� ح� �� ر ٱل م� �� ر ٱل م� ح� م�

(1) Say: He, Allah, is One.د� ر� ر�� ه� �� ر ٱل ر� ه� ح� ١﴿ ه� ﴾

(2) Allah is He on Whom all depend.

ه� ر� �ر� ٱل ه� �� ر ٢﴿ ٱل ﴾(3) He begets not, nor is He begotten.

ح� رل ��ه ح� رل ر� ح� م� �ر ح� ٣﴿ رل ﴾(4) And none is like Him.

د� د ر� ر�� و�� ه" ه# ه�ۥ �ل ر ه% �ر ح� رل ٤﴿ ر� ﴾

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Nuh: 5-11, 2008Emulsion on Linen72 cm X 102 cm

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Shahadah, 2008, Emulsion on Linen,  64 cm X 64 cm

Luqman :26, 2008Emulsion on linen102cm x 65cm

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