The main reason that the art of calligraphy in the Islamic world develop so rapidly is that for one it is the main way to write the Al-Quran, and since вЂњGod is beautiful and loves beautyвЂќ, as noted by the prophet Muhammad, Islamic scribes quickly develop ways to make the scripts more aesthetically pleasing and more beautiful. The Islamic Calligraphy flourish and develop from a square and angular script, into a cursive decorative script, to the point that it is lavishly decorated alongside Geometrical shapes and/or vegetal Arabesques.

It is specially revered by the Muslims since it is one of the means of the preservation of the Al-Quran вЂ“ that is, by writing and copying the sacred texts. Non Arab Muslims also employ the script to write in their own languages for example for writing the Urdu language of the Indian Subcontinent or Jawi of the Malay Archipelago. Islamic Calligraphy is based on the Arabic script for obviously Arab Muslims. It is employed in the writing of the holy scripture of the Muslims, the Al-Quran and decoration of monumental buildings throughout the Islamic World. Calligraphy is one of the fundamental element in Islamic aesthetic, and considered one of the three elements in the Islamic Decorative Canon.

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