Rub al-hizb

Rub al-hizb

Rub al-hizb ( Arabic ربع الحزب, DMG Rubʿ al-ḥizb ; ۞) is a calligraphic element used in the Koran to indicate the beginning of a quarter ( rubʿ ) of a ḥizb (one sixtieth of the text of the Koran or half a juzʾ ).

Rub al-hizb is used as a symbol for Islam in some coats of arms and flags:

• Coat of arms of Turkmenistan
• Coat of arms of Uzbekistan
• Azat Party flag
• The unofficial flag of Kazakhstan during the 1990s
• The symbol of the Boy Scouts of Kazakhstan
• in a modified form in the flag of Azerbaijan

The Rub al-hizb is included in the Unicode character set standard at position 06DE.

Another glyph in the Koran that signals the subdivision of the Koran text is the circular symbol ۝ , which indicates the end of an Āya .

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  Coat of arms of Turkmenistan (since 2003)

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  Coat of arms of Uzbekistan (since 1992)

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  Azat Party flag

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  unofficial flag of Kazakhstan

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  Flag of Azerbaijan (since 1991)

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