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Calligraphy comes from Greek. (kallos) means beautiful and (graphe) which means writing. Shaykh Shamsuddin Al Akhfani (In Ershad Al Qoshid, 2000) Calligraphy is a science that introduces several single letter forms, its locations, and several ways of arranging it into a composed sentence. Or anything written on the lines, how to write it and decide which one does not need to be written; change the spelling that needs to be changed and determine how to change it.

In conclusion, Islamic calligraphy is the art of writing beautiful Arabic letters, arranging the composition of single letters, their locations and ways of arranging them into a composed sentence, of which the verses of the Qur'an or Alhadith are contained.

Arabic khat is called Jazm because kufi's khat was originally named Jazm, before the city of Kufa was founded. Named Jazm because he was "juzima" or cut off and born from Musno Humeiri's fans. Khat is also referred to as khat Muzawwa (cubism) is an Arabic script of origin. Khat was once famous in Hirah, Raha and Nashibain before the founding of the city of Kufa. This paper which is also called khat Hieri (from the words of Hirah) is acknowledged as writing that once played an important role in copying religious matters.

Kufi khat has special characteristics and different from other khat-khat. Kufi khat is easily recognizable, its angular or rectangular, has a well-balanced and specific size that seems to be more robust and concise. The short vertical sweep of the line when the sweep of the horizontal line extends in the same width. Then this will cause kufi script looks a rectangular shape. The important thing in writing this script is to emphasize that Kufi's khat is of a kind of writing that is angular.

Kufi khat fame:

In the middle of the eighth century kufi khat reached the stage of perfection.
For three hundred years kufi's work was interpreted as "king of writing" and is the only text used to copy the Qur'an. Generally, the earlier Quranic manuscripts are written with kufi khat using a rectangular (size) format.
In the 10th century cursive style began to become famous. Khat kufi is also not left behind and began to emphasize the form of cursive style and geometry known as "Eastern Kufi".
It was found that the vertical sweep of this style was softer than the previous kufi style of kufi. This 8-style writing is more widely used in book writing than is used in building decoration.
Kufi khat very famous and continue to be prioritized for the writing of Al-Quran to be replaced with Atabag naskhi style at the time of Atabag (545H) in Mosul and North Sham.