The Khat al-Arabi Exercise

This is my lovely qalam (calligraphy pen). Made up of bamboo (which can be found near St. Joseph's School, inside IPK Sarawak Complex), this pens were not cut perfectly as guided.

Today, I try to make an Khat al-Arabi (Arabic calligraphy) exercise, on the Thuluth style. Thanks to Ustaz Abdul Baki, he put the picture of one of the exercise on Thuluth style.

Thuluth style of handwriting's exercise for letter kaf

However, the resut of my exercise was not as I expected. It turned like this:

Out of the blue, not according to the correct measurement

It is hard to master this type of style. Yeah, Thuluth style is one of the hardest style in Khat al-Arabi besides Diwani, Diwani Jali and Ijazah style.

To my non-Muslim bloggers, Khat al-Arabi is not just used to symbolise Islam. It also previously used in Christian religion purposes.

Coptic and Arabic inscriptions in an Old Cairo church. The verses are John 4:13 and 14, in Arabic.
Source: Wikipedia

However, nowadays, Arabic calligraphy is mainly symbolises Islam. So, it is rare to see Arabic calligraphy in most chruches nowadays.