function remove_version() { return ''; } add_filter('the_generator', 'remove_version'); خطاط – Arabic, Persian, Farsi, Urdu, Dari Calligraphy https://farsicalligraphy.com خوش خط فارسى و الخطوط العربية Fri, 27 Feb 2026 02:44:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.11 Persian, Urdu, Arabic and Farsi Calligraphy https://farsicalligraphy.com/ Sat, 08 Apr 2017 03:43:31 +0000 http://farsicalligraphy.com/?page_id=944 ORDER YOUR CALLIGRAPHY DESIGN

I bring over 40 years of experience as a calligrapher to my work in Farsi, Persian, Urdu and Arabic Calligraphy. I work in both contemporary and traditional calligraphy styles, providing work for a diverse array of ... Read More

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]]> My writing tools https://farsicalligraphy.com/my-writing-tools-including-quills-reed-pens/ Tue, 22 Mar 2016 00:43:09 +0000 http://farsicalligraphy.com/index.php/2016/03/22/my-writing-tools-including-quills-reed-pens/ My writing tools, including quills, reed pens (qalam ney), Chinese brushes, sign painting brush and assorted metal nibs (broad nib, copperplate, quill, wire brush, etc.). These are a sampling of the well-used tools of my daily life as a calligrapher. ... Read More

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]]> Rumi: sell your cleverness https://farsicalligraphy.com/this-line-of-poetry-from-rumi-has-been-translated/ Wed, 26 Mar 2014 22:17:00 +0000 http://farsicalligraphy.com/index.php/2014/03/26/this-line-of-poetry-from-rumi-has-been-translated/ This line of poetry from Rumi has been translated as “Sell your cleverness and buy bewilderment.”  I prefer “Sell your cleverness and buy be-wonderment.”  The Persian says: buy the art of wonder.  Calligraphy by Stewart J. Thomas, www.palmstone.com

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]]> Dance when you are perfectly free https://farsicalligraphy.com/dance-when-you-are-perfectly-free-persian/ Thu, 20 Mar 2014 03:07:00 +0000 http://farsicalligraphy.com/index.php/2014/03/20/dance-when-you-are-perfectly-free-persian/ “Dance when you are perfectly free”  Persian (Farsi) calligraphy by S.J. Thomas.  No Ruz Pirooz!

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]]> Ayat al-Kursi https://farsicalligraphy.com/ayat-al-kursi-ayatu-l-kursi-the-255th-verse/ Thu, 13 Mar 2014 02:27:00 +0000 http://farsicalligraphy.com/index.php/2014/03/13/ayat-al-kursi-ayatu-l-kursi-the-255th-verse/ Ayat al-Kursi (āyatu-l-kursī), the 255th verse (ayah) of the second chapter (sura) of the Qur’an, Al-Baqara. To listen to a recitation of this Ayat, along with translation into English, view here. For a description of the symmetry of the language ... Read More

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]]> Persian Names in Calligraphy https://farsicalligraphy.com/persian-names-in-calligraphy-by-stewart-j-thomas/ Sat, 08 Mar 2014 19:12:00 +0000 http://farsicalligraphy.com/index.php/2014/03/08/persian-names-in-calligraphy-by-stewart-j-thomas/ Persian names in calligraphy by Stewart J. Thomas, calligrapher.  www.palmstone.com

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]]> Rumi: The Messiah is within my heart and like an invalid, I roam https://farsicalligraphy.com/a-poem-of-mawlana-rumi-nah-man-beehodeh-gerde/ Tue, 25 Feb 2014 15:01:00 +0000 http://farsicalligraphy.com/index.php/2014/02/25/a-poem-of-mawlana-rumi-nah-man-beehodeh-gerde/ A poem of Mawlana Rumi, “Nah man beehodeh gerde koocheh.” If you would like to hear this song sung in the Sufi ecstatic style, here is a link to a rendering by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. The accent is definitely ... Read More

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]]> Rumi: Seek the science that unties for you this knot. https://farsicalligraphy.com/from-rumi-seek-the-science-that-unties-for-you/ Wed, 12 Feb 2014 18:02:00 +0000 http://farsicalligraphy.com/index.php/2014/02/12/from-rumi-seek-the-science-that-unties-for-you/ From Rumi:

Seek the science that unties for you this knot.

Seek it as long as there’s life in you still to be sought.

Leave that nothing that looks like it is something;

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]]> Wedding Monogram https://farsicalligraphy.com/wedding-monogram-created-by-stewart-j-thomas/ Sat, 01 Feb 2014 02:56:00 +0000 http://farsicalligraphy.com/index.php/2014/02/01/wedding-monogram-created-by-stewart-j-thomas/ Wedding Monogram created by Stewart J. Thomas combines two names inside of a floral teardrop.  www.palmstone.com

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]]> Rumi: If you want light . . . https://farsicalligraphy.com/if-you-want-light-you-must-light-a-fire-persian/ Tue, 28 Jan 2014 04:02:00 +0000 http://farsicalligraphy.com/index.php/2014/01/28/if-you-want-light-you-must-light-a-fire-persian/ “if you want light, you must light a fire” Persian poetry by Jalaluddin Maulana Rumi.  Persian (Farsi) calligraphy by Stewart J. Thomas www.palmstone.com.

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