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• Script Jali Thuluth & Naskh
• Calligrapher Mehmet Özçay
• English Translation Mohamed Zakariya
• Size H 23½" X 16"
• non standard size what does this mean?

Read The History of The Hilye by famed Islamic calligrapher Mohamed Zakariya

Sulus Script- "Called the mother of calligraphy, Sulus (Arabic Thuluth) is the script par excellence. It was the main script form in the early period, aside from Muhakkak, to attract the interest of innovative calligraphers, and tens of scripts derive from its principles. Its visual line excites; it draws the mind into contemplation of its texts and calls the attention of the eye in the same way a tuning fork draws the attention of the ear. Sulus is a visual music. The most visually powerful and versatile of all of the scripts, it features many alternate letter forms." Taken from Mohamed Zakariya informative website on script forms.

Nesih script-"Nesih (Arabic Naskh) is the last of the six scripts. At one time, scholars of Islamic art used the baseless term “naskhi” to indicate any script not “Kufic” or Nestalik based, which led to a lot of misinterpretation. Nesih probably found its first great advocate in Abu Abdillah Ibn Muqla. Refined by Ibn al-Bawwab, it became a script of texts, Korans, and many other uses. A brisk, bright, clear, and legible script, Nesih is often partnered with Sulus. It is the book script of choice. It has been called “the Servant of the Koran” since it is at its best in that use; indeed, most recent Korans are written in Nesih. Persian Nesih, in contrast, is stultifyingly dull and immobile. Nesih is deceptively hard to write well; it must not look forced or contrived, but natural and organic. It was said of Kadiasker Mustafa Izzet Efendi’s Nesih that it resembled in its naturalness a flight of butterflies." Taken from Mohamed Zakariya informative website on script forms.

Translation
Top Line: In the name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful

Text in the circular portion: Transmitted from Ali (son in law of the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace), who, when asked to describe the Prophet, would say: He was not tall and stretched out nor short and compressed.  He was medium sized.  His hair was not short and curly, nor was it lank, but in between.  His face was not pudgy, but there was a roundess to it.  His skin was white.  His eyes were black,  he had long eyelashes.  He was big-boned and had wide shoulders.  He had no body hair except in the middle of his chest.  He had thick hands and feet.  When he walked, he walked inclined, as if descending a slope.  When he looked at someone, he looked at him full face.

This section is surrounded by the names of the Prophet's Allah bless him and give him peace principal companions, who were later to be the first four caliphs (successors): Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman, and Ali.

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