The Qalam, (discussion: [] - origin: Arab: ; Greek: ; Latin: calamus = pipe) the sylphon bellows, are that most important recorder of the Arab and the Hebrew writing and their Kalligraphie. This sylphon bellows are cut usually diagonally, so that by varying the angle of the hand and the arm differently thick and thin lines can be written.

The sylphon bellows apply in the Islam as the noblest of the recorders. The mention of the write pipe in the Koran happens on central place. Revealing the Korans by the angel Gabriel at Mohammed begins in the 96. Sure with the following lines:

"Lecture! Your gentleman is noble-minded like nobody in the world, it, which the use of the write pipe taught. "

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• Qalam - The Muslim Pen Club
  This is the monthly journal produced by Qalam which aims to provide a forum for up and coming Muslim writers of all backgrounds and ages.


• qalam : Alphabets, syllabaries, logographs, ideographs ...
  qalam: Alphabets, syllabaries, logographs, ideographs, hieroglyphs... A forum to talk about the writing systems of the world.


• Qalam: A Convention for Morphological Arabic-Latin-Arabic ...
  The goal of the Qalam system is to transliterate Arabic script for ... Qalam also includes several Arabic script letters used to transliterate other ...


• Qalam: A Convention for Morphological Arabic-Latin-Arabic ...
  The goal of the Qalam system is to transliterate Arabic script for ... Qalam also includes several Arabic script letters used to transliterate other ...


• USC-MSA Compendium of Muslim Texts
  AL-QALAM (THE PEN). Total Verses: 52 Revealed At: MAKKA Maududi's introduction. In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful. 068.001 ...