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Ibn Muqla: The Tragic Genius Behind Modern Arabic Calligraphy
27 minFeb 7, 2025
He invented the script you read the Quran in today. Then they cut off his hand for it. Sh. Waleed Basyouni tells the extraordinary story of Ibn Muqla (886-940 CE): the calligrapher who transformed Arabic writing from rigid Kufic into the fluid Naskh script printed in every Mushaf on Earth. He consolidated 24 writing styles into 6, engineered mathematical proportions for every Arabic letter, and wrote a treaty so beautiful it was hung as art in the Hagia Sophia for centuries.
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