Kufi Squares

 

 

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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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The inception of square kufic derived from the contact between Islam and China around a thousand years ago. A simple adaptation of Arabic kufic script into the mold of Chinese seal script; created a medium that is unique to human civilization; a perpetually modern medium of representing the divine word.

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Square Kufic in ArchitectureSquare Kufic in architectural settings by country.

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Minaret, Ulugbek Medressa, Registan, Samarkand

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Tripoli mosque, Liban

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Ribbed dome and square kufic tiling, Gur-e Amir mausoleum, Samarkand

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Panel, al Mu'ayyad mosque (1415-22)

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Tile and brick mosaic calligraphy, Jameh Mosque, Esfahan

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kufic calligraphy, isfahan, iran photographer "SEIER+SEIER"

 

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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)

14th century Ilkhanid silver coin with square kufic Kalima

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Selimiye Foundation Museum

the world's first stain glass kufi square

spot the error!

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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21.01.2008 - Kufic Square Calligraphyan interesting parallel between an obscure form of arabic calligraphy and the complex barcode system utilized in japan.both images say the following:

الل/ه 4ح4د أ /ه الل ه8و4 ق8ل: الرحيم الرحمن BهC الل B م Bس: ب4ح4د أ 8ف8وFا ك /ه8 ل 8ن 4ك ي 4م: و4ل 4د: 8ول ي 4م: و4ل Bد: 4ل ي 4م: ل الص/م4د

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

Al Ikhlas (3), 2008 Emulsion on Linen76 cm X 76 cm

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

Luqman :26, 2008Emulsion on linen102cm x 65cm

the world's first lego kufic square

the world's first kufi squares in a kufi square

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 Nimavard Madrasa, Isfahan, Iran the complete Surah 1, al-Fatihah, in the shape of Mohammad.

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Cubic Kufi DesignsInstructor: Mamoun Sakkal

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"Answer"Al-hamdillullah in Square KuficCopper2001

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Kufi Square the Qu'ran

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SFMOMA Artspace style Quran Navigation

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SQUARE KUFI CALLIGRAPHY INSTRUCTIONSquare Kufi Alphabet Instructor: Mamoun Sakkal

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How to design Square Designs in Square Kufi Instructor: Mamoun Sakkal

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