INTRODUCTION TO QUR’ANIC SCRIPT

SYED BARAKAT AHMAD
M.A., Ph.D., D. Lit.

CURZON PRESS

THE ENTIRE TEXT OF THE BOOK IS BASED ON THE SACRED
VERSES OF THE QUR’AN AND THE READER IS EXPECTED
TO ENSURE THEIR SANCTITY IN HANDLING THE BOOK

The Basmalah on the dedication page is from the Qutb Minar, Delhi, (c. 1225) and the
Basmalah on the title page is from a 9th century Egyptian miqyas (Nilometer). Both the drawings
were made by Prof. Annemarie Schimmel for her book Islamic Calligraphy ( 1970).
Practice Text 15 calligraphed by Hafiz Saghir Ahmad Malmali

THIS IS A PROGRAMMED BOOK IN WHICH THE QUR’ANIC SCRIPT
IS INTRODUCED IN A SERIES OF STEPS. DO NOT SKIP A STEP. YOU WILL FALL.

RETRACE YOUR STEPS AFTER LESSON 17 AND READ THESE
LESSONS ONCE MORE BEFORE YOU BEGIN LESSON 18.