The art of Arabic calligraphy

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  • čas přidán 14. 07. 2024
  • Taha Al-Hiti, a professional calligrapher, explains how letters were originally based on the shape of the human body.
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Komentáře • 318

  • @tt7354
    @tt7354 Před 6 lety +797

    I love Islam and Arabic language I'm new Muslim and so happy

  • @sitizenkanemusic
    @sitizenkanemusic Před 8 lety +534

    I'm a big fan of Arabic/Islamic art. The geometric designs and caligraphy is so beautiful.

    • @normalhuman6962
      @normalhuman6962 Před 3 lety +2

      Ikr

    • @ayaan.the.cxlligrxpher__
      @ayaan.the.cxlligrxpher__ Před 3 lety +1

      Then I invite you to learn Arabic Calligraphy!!! Pls support!!!

    • @Nicken0o0
      @Nicken0o0 Před 8 měsíci +1

      Me too! It's so precise and very detailed.. it has tons of different types of calligraphy compare to other languages too. It just too beautiful

  • @whitedress8747
    @whitedress8747 Před 5 lety +292

    Became a muslim 5 years after returning from Iraq. I. Love Islam for its beauty!

    • @salimalmahry
      @salimalmahry Před 5 lety +8

      Wow Mashallah. I assume deployment. You were sent to destroy innocent people only to be back with a new life.

    • @oriangalore
      @oriangalore Před rokem +1

      Based

  • @sugawp559
    @sugawp559 Před 6 lety +174

    "The more experienced you are, the more diplomatic you are with letters." The man is a true master. Arabic calligraphy is incredibly difficult, yet he does it was such peace and grace.

  • @makisroumpas5512
    @makisroumpas5512 Před 5 lety +78

    I love the Arabic language and culture. From Greece.

  • @777wahab
    @777wahab Před 8 lety +282

    Arabic language is beautiful ART

  • @MiddleeasternSarah
    @MiddleeasternSarah Před 7 lety +386

    Our language is art! :)

    • @moroccanalmoravid1510
      @moroccanalmoravid1510 Před 6 lety +31

      Middle eastern Sarah our prayers are art, also our architecture, our traditional clothes, our Style of life is pure art... the life as muslim. Salamualaikum sister (and salamualaikum is art... because peace is into the art..)

    • @hayatbaba1079
      @hayatbaba1079 Před 6 lety +2

      Mr One nź

    • @dz-oz9rh
      @dz-oz9rh Před 6 lety +3

      👍❤❤

    • @user-fh8ie8im2p
      @user-fh8ie8im2p Před 6 lety +3

      Mr One very beautiful words

    • @oriangalore
      @oriangalore Před rokem +1

      هذا من فضل الله علينا، له الحمد وحده سبحانه في الاولي و الاخرة. تبارك الله أحسن الخالقين.

  • @Coteoki
    @Coteoki Před 2 lety +35

    Arabic calligraphy is one of the reasons I want to learn arabic!

  • @tornado1789
    @tornado1789 Před 8 lety +174

    It's so ELEGANT

    • @Chibi1ni2ri3na1ynot
      @Chibi1ni2ri3na1ynot Před 7 lety +10

      tornado 1 It really I a fine art, I bet it takes so much patience and such a steady hand to perfect it. 😲

    • @alisalloum9893
      @alisalloum9893 Před 5 lety +1

      Blind Babbler
      Not when you get used on it
      Besides not many can write the beautiful way he does😅😅😅😅

  • @edim108
    @edim108 Před 3 lety +11

    Arabic writing is the most elegant in the world.
    It looks surreal, like something out of a fantasy novel, but is very much real and used by hundreds of millions of people.

  • @ABH2
    @ABH2 Před 10 lety +166

    Arabic is the most beautiful language on earth

    • @aflamrecab1
      @aflamrecab1 Před 6 lety +13

      and its grammar is one of the worst on earth

    • @Voltage.Bone.R
      @Voltage.Bone.R Před 6 lety +2

      Windows Sucks 😂

    • @zanehknee9683
      @zanehknee9683 Před 4 lety +7

      Windows Sucks not that it's the worst it's just so hard, even the grammar is beautiful but it's very hard even for arabic speakers, I've been trying to learn it for years but couldn't

    • @-bazoona3654
      @-bazoona3654 Před 3 lety +1

      @@aflamrecab1 who are you? Why are you wise in the way of understanding us?

    • @mbreeze2203
      @mbreeze2203 Před 3 lety

      @@aflamrecab1 I mean... even us arabs struggle with the grammer.

  • @yume7119
    @yume7119 Před 5 lety +27

    The way he explained this art made me love it more

    • @ahmed38247
      @ahmed38247 Před 4 lety +1

      Happens alot to me, especially with Japanese arts

  • @twilightdefreitas7301
    @twilightdefreitas7301 Před 7 lety +83

    I'm a big fan of Arabic

    • @igrewold
      @igrewold Před 5 lety +4

      Haven't ya become a مكيف yet ?

    • @igrewold
      @igrewold Před 5 lety +6

      @oliver dreyer it is a play on the words both Arabic and English
      fan other meaning is the cooling device with fins.
      مكيف in Arabic is short for Air=هواء Conditioner (A/C), the other meaning is something like becoming happy/cool/content; the state of mind when things go as you wish(ed).

  • @konapuni1796
    @konapuni1796 Před 3 lety +4

    Gotta admit arabic language is the king of calligraphy. Once saw someone wrote an arabic calligraphy in front of me and i just fell in love.

  • @myme8208
    @myme8208 Před 5 lety +15

    I remember a little practice in Arabic class as a kid we had to draw words and I still can't forget it I found it so fun. Arabic even to us Arabs is very fascinating and complicated. I loved learning the weights of poem and reading the poems of Arabs in the class. Trully our language in itself is art. And that is a bother blessing from God.

  • @lailamikhail1475
    @lailamikhail1475 Před 5 lety +26


    That's bism Allah alrahman alrahim in arabic

    • @kokonuts9701
      @kokonuts9701 Před 4 lety +1

      How you did it

    • @Zaid-vs2zz
      @Zaid-vs2zz Před 3 lety +5

      @@kokonuts9701 you have to use the additional keys on an arabic keyboard or download arabic as a writing language on your phone then go to the third page and thereyou will find even more than only this, likeﷺ.

    • @kokonuts9701
      @kokonuts9701 Před 3 lety +1

      @@Zaid-vs2zz ﷺ😶

    • @PlayaHobo
      @PlayaHobo Před 3 lety +1

      بسم الله الر حمن الر حيم

    • @PlayaHobo
      @PlayaHobo Před 3 lety +1

      من اين انت؟

  • @omarfarique6304
    @omarfarique6304 Před 6 lety +49

    Allah (SWT) preserved the Glorious Quran

  • @Zyxwvutsrqponmlkjih
    @Zyxwvutsrqponmlkjih Před 9 lety +21

    Allahu Akbar 😍

  • @wholebynoora1126
    @wholebynoora1126 Před 6 lety +12

    Beautiful how he explained about letters and words

  • @Honey0333
    @Honey0333 Před 10 lety +79

    Amazing .. beautiful language

  • @betulyakarol4194
    @betulyakarol4194 Před 6 lety +17

    Arabic certainly has an allure, which is very sophisticated.
    It's a writing system developed from writing with sticks in sand, which is why when you look at it, you can't help but to be reminded of Arabia.
    God bless you.

  • @smozahrani
    @smozahrani Před 8 lety +73

    when I was a kid, my teacher used to describe my handwriting as chicken footsteps
    now I am a teacher but still my handwriting sucks.

    • @Yemundo
      @Yemundo Před 6 lety +1

      Cakar ayam

    • @baraahhaimed2629
      @baraahhaimed2629 Před 6 lety +4

      OMG MY TEACHER USED TO TELL MY BROTHER THAT HIS HANDWRITING IS LIKS CHICKEN FOOTSTEPS IN ARABID IT'S LIKE خرابيس الدجاج hahahahaha btw I am from Yemen and lived in America since I was 7 and I still remember arabic i can write arabic and speak it too

    • @baraahhaimed2629
      @baraahhaimed2629 Před 6 lety +1

      I meant arabic

    • @talhatariqyuluqatdis
      @talhatariqyuluqatdis Před 5 lety

      XD

    • @MohOEM
      @MohOEM Před 5 lety +1

      Me too 😂😂

  • @feedhyungwonplease6087
    @feedhyungwonplease6087 Před 6 lety +12

    I am learning modern English calligraphy to Gothic calligraphy so now i am interested in korean and arabic calligraphy

  • @NAAZARCH
    @NAAZARCH Před 8 lety +26

    mashallah this is so beautiful....

  • @smartboy_bilal2652
    @smartboy_bilal2652 Před 8 lety +30

    ما شاء الله ............... ما شاء الله

  • @evapektas3832
    @evapektas3832 Před 3 lety +2

    How beautiful you explained it...Thank you, may you be blessed

  • @karimafoustok4703
    @karimafoustok4703 Před 3 lety

    I loved your outlook and your simplicity in explaining Calligraphy.

  • @alhanouf8057
    @alhanouf8057 Před 7 lety +26

    لَا يُكَلِّفُ اللَّهُ نَفْسًا إِلَّا وُسْعَهَا

    • @lakarra3hyababa51
      @lakarra3hyababa51 Před 7 lety +2

      ملاذ محمد واعف عنا واغفر لنا وارحمنا 🙏

    • @Majeed.
      @Majeed. Před 6 lety

      خراط

  • @CoronaTheVirus
    @CoronaTheVirus Před 9 lety +1

    Excellent video, thanks

  • @chahrazadmiko9958
    @chahrazadmiko9958 Před 10 lety +4

    Beautiful mashallah

  • @saimasyed7317
    @saimasyed7317 Před 5 měsíci

    You sound exactly like as you write. Peaceful , serene and forgiving

  • @Elkelbash
    @Elkelbash Před 2 lety +3

    ماشاءالله, شيء جميل 💚💚
    لغتنا رائعة و ديننا عظيم بسبب إلهنا ذو الجلال و الإكرام 🌹🌹

  • @jaylenesantini
    @jaylenesantini Před 8 lety +23

    very beautiful!

  • @Blinkaria
    @Blinkaria Před 9 lety +1

    beautiful!

  • @imfilms8199
    @imfilms8199 Před 5 lety

    Thank you for the explanation.
    Very beautiful caligraphy.
    Subhan Allah.

  • @mohammedyusuf6573
    @mohammedyusuf6573 Před 7 lety +15

    Masha Allah :)

  • @terifiqtariq3956
    @terifiqtariq3956 Před 6 lety

    Very beautiful n inspiring!!! Maashallah!!!

  • @yesicandraw7104
    @yesicandraw7104 Před 4 lety +1

    I love calligraphy art work, amazing sir 👍😍

  • @3h3d35
    @3h3d35 Před 2 lety +1

    The way he explained it was beautiful

  • @calliteacher
    @calliteacher Před 4 lety +2

    I m also a calligrapher..but ur work is so beautiful...I love this

  • @th9827
    @th9827 Před 3 lety +2

    He is Iraqi that's obvious his Name is Taha Al-Hiti and Hit is a city in Al-Anbar district in the west of Iraq💁‍♂️🇮🇶
    Love his calligraphy🖤

  • @yousufk5194
    @yousufk5194 Před 8 lety +3

    just beautifull

  • @aymalamda3512
    @aymalamda3512 Před 10 lety +14

    A challenging art to master.

  • @dannycardona211
    @dannycardona211 Před 2 lety +1

    Arabic writing is so beautiful

  • @artwithfateh
    @artwithfateh Před rokem

    MashaAllah ♥️ This is beautiful

  • @Ro-np1ed
    @Ro-np1ed Před 7 lety +24

    MashAllah :)

  • @ArafatArtAcademy21
    @ArafatArtAcademy21 Před 19 dny

    Nice work ❤❤

  • @xuserakx
    @xuserakx Před 3 lety +4

    I wish I can do that and it looks so beautiful than any other language. 😍❤️

  • @churasiproductions
    @churasiproductions Před 4 měsíci

    Brilliant man wow. Mashallah Subhanallah! ❤

  • @adeelafaiz8228
    @adeelafaiz8228 Před 3 lety +1

    Mesmerizing

  • @luzbuitrago2637
    @luzbuitrago2637 Před 10 lety +1

    beautiful..art

  • @habiballah2199
    @habiballah2199 Před 3 lety +1

    Beautiful explanation. You can tell he loves his work. Sallam fm usa

  • @Voltage.Bone.R
    @Voltage.Bone.R Před 6 lety +33

    Meanwhile my writing in arabic looks like it was written by a kid

    • @zeyadalsheikh3839
      @zeyadalsheikh3839 Před 4 lety +3

      most Arabic native people write like kids even if they are adults.. it is an art to write Arabic nicely..

    • @fisebilillah4406
      @fisebilillah4406 Před 4 lety

      Old textbooks for learning Qur'anic writting in other countries look like they were written by high school juniors.
      And these are non-native masters of Arabic language who had written it.
      It is definetly not easy.

    • @Umayyadazi
      @Umayyadazi Před 3 lety

      @@zeyadalsheikh3839 No we're not

  • @abejasim
    @abejasim Před 10 lety

    amazing hand writing

  • @NeonAtary777
    @NeonAtary777 Před 7 lety +10

    wow must be really patient to do that ! i am arab and my handwriting is the worse so i appreciate what you do !

  • @AchmadArtCalligraphy
    @AchmadArtCalligraphy Před 4 lety

    Subhanallah..... beautiful wrtitten

  • @arabiccalligraphy2808
    @arabiccalligraphy2808 Před 3 lety +1

    Amazing ❤❤❤

  • @footballworld2023
    @footballworld2023 Před 4 lety

    Amazing 😍

  • @smpashacalligraphy8357

    MashaAllah outstanding work beautiful Calligraphy 👌❤️

  • @kalabhussain
    @kalabhussain Před 3 lety +1

    Ur explanation z equally artistic...... Xclnt 👏

  • @mdabsar6766
    @mdabsar6766 Před rokem

    Great indeed

  • @callimoud
    @callimoud Před 11 měsíci

    what a magnificent representation of this amazing art❤️

  • @jamesliston5693
    @jamesliston5693 Před 3 lety +4

    It always was mystery to me and fascination

  • @marseltolosunov9719
    @marseltolosunov9719 Před 2 lety +1

    He is writing very beautiful

  • @abbaskhamiss7375
    @abbaskhamiss7375 Před 8 lety +3

    عاشت ايديك

  • @AbdulKarim-wv9cb
    @AbdulKarim-wv9cb Před 4 lety +1

    the best kind of calligraphy

  • @LackLionb
    @LackLionb Před 7 měsíci

    i love the relation of it with the human body!

  • @yesserlabidi7831
    @yesserlabidi7831 Před 4 lety +2

    sorry but to be truth arabic is the most beautiful language in design and most accurate in grammar and description

  • @somanoma6465
    @somanoma6465 Před 9 lety +3

    His approach is very technical that's why he emphasizes laboring
    But there is a more flowed method that's more artistic and easier to practice by amateurs

  • @Ahlu-AlSunnah
    @Ahlu-AlSunnah Před 3 lety +3

    Very nice
    Arabic ❤️

  • @Islamic-AZ
    @Islamic-AZ Před 10 měsíci

    Subhaanallah Mashallah

  • @mmalhijazi7940
    @mmalhijazi7940 Před 3 lety +1

    Mashallah very nice

  • @re123456arebest
    @re123456arebest Před 6 lety +4

    I really wish I could buy some arabic calligraphy supplies, but they're so expensive!

  • @sknansp2193
    @sknansp2193 Před 5 lety

    Amazing

  • @sayyestoislam2970
    @sayyestoislam2970 Před 9 lety +9

    ما شاء الله

  • @rachidbensaid4665
    @rachidbensaid4665 Před 2 lety +1

    تحياتي لك من تطوان المغرب

  • @tonynade5884
    @tonynade5884 Před 6 lety +14

    I’m Roman Catholic and I think this is very artistic. I see good and bad in all religions. Extremity can come in all walks of life.

  • @colourchat6606
    @colourchat6606 Před 4 lety

    Super
    Fantastic

  • @meesumraza7953
    @meesumraza7953 Před 7 lety +1

    my favourite.

  • @SiGRecon
    @SiGRecon Před 7 lety +45

    I'm Arab and my writing is like cave man writing hahaha good work!

  • @amnaartandreviews5384
    @amnaartandreviews5384 Před 2 lety +1

    سبحان اللہ

  • @DediDores
    @DediDores Před 6 lety

    ماشاءالله

  • @wafe107
    @wafe107 Před 6 lety +1

    أحب فن الخط العربي

  • @MrGhostDLM
    @MrGhostDLM Před 7 lety +2

    Arabic calligraphy is ........ oohhh my dear

  • @poriborton8182
    @poriborton8182 Před 5 lety +1

    inspirative art work without sin.
    অনুপ্রেরণামূলক

  • @syedazaidi3800
    @syedazaidi3800 Před 6 lety

    Beautiiifulll

  • @rinusartandcalligraphybyri2743

    Super 👌

  • @sanushasanu7592
    @sanushasanu7592 Před 3 lety

    Awsome....👍🤘

  • @ttz1x
    @ttz1x Před 5 lety +6

    I am an Arab😘

  • @Saira-CalliArt
    @Saira-CalliArt Před rokem

    MashaAllah

  • @roroputri9358
    @roroputri9358 Před 4 lety

    Saeeeee pisannnnnnnnn😍😍😍😍

  • @lordbasim
    @lordbasim Před 4 lety

    This man is a philosopher

  • @shaziagill3
    @shaziagill3 Před rokem

    Calligraphy is a great art.

  • @TheBajwa1
    @TheBajwa1 Před 4 lety +1

    Hi there,
    I like the way you describe the art . I need your help as well. I see the ink you using is different. Would you please advice me how to make it or where to get it.
    Thanks

  • @aarnavpandey4035
    @aarnavpandey4035 Před 2 lety

    nice sharing

  • @armughalartist8713
    @armughalartist8713 Před 4 lety

    Great

  • @PlanetYokoshima
    @PlanetYokoshima Před 4 lety +3

    Hey man,
    PLEASE would you tell me what are your tools? I'm in Australia and know nothing of art tools much

    • @firdossiddiqui5631
      @firdossiddiqui5631 Před 3 lety +1

      Arabic calligraphy mainly uses
      ' qalam' which is a wooden pen made of bamboo and other wood material. The ideal qalam for Arabic calligraphy would be bamboo qalam, as the calligrapher is using in this video, there are many more qalam too , such as celi or Turkish, bali, handam qalam . You also need an inkwell ( glass jar 20ml ) and likka( silk thread) to preserve the ink. Paper used by calligrapher are called ' ahar' paper they're handmade and can be maintained upto 100 years. All of this tools are available online . I hope this helps you.

  • @meerykhan9483
    @meerykhan9483 Před rokem

    mashallah

  • @samiulhaqpeerzada6207
    @samiulhaqpeerzada6207 Před 5 lety

    Mashaallah

  • @SuperReHaN16
    @SuperReHaN16 Před 4 lety

    at 0:55 it written as "laha ma kasabath waliha maktasabat rabbana la tuakhizna".