Rasheed Butt
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Rasheed Butt is one of Pakistan
's foremost calligraphers. Active since 1961, he has worked in a number of calligraphic styles, including reproductions of texts from the Qur'an
, the hadith
, traditional invocations and prayers and poetry. He also produces hilya
calligraphy.
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
's foremost calligraphers. Active since 1961, he has worked in a number of calligraphic styles, including reproductions of texts from the Qur'an
Qur'an
The Quran , also transliterated Qur'an, Koran, Alcoran, Qur’ān, Coran, Kuran, and al-Qur’ān, is the central religious text of Islam, which Muslims consider the verbatim word of God . It is regarded widely as the finest piece of literature in the Arabic language...
, the hadith
Hadith
The term Hadīth is used to denote a saying or an act or tacit approval or criticism ascribed either validly or invalidly to the Islamic prophet Muhammad....
, traditional invocations and prayers and poetry. He also produces hilya
Hilya
A hilya , hilye is a text describing the physical appearance of the Prophet Muhammad, often carried in a breast pocket...
calligraphy.