Rub el Hizb

The Rub el Hizb is an Islamic symbol which can be found on a number of emblems and flags.
In Arabic, Rub means Lord, Sustainer, Provider, Supporter, Nourisher, Sovereign, Ruler, Master or Protector, while Hizb means a Group, Party or Sect.
The symbol is used as a marker for the end of a chapter in Arabic calligraphy.
Initially, it was used in Quran which is divided in 60 Hizb, the symbol determine every quarter of Hizb, while the Hizb is one half of a juz'.

Calligraphic Symbol For Allah

Allah is the Arabic word for God. While the term is best known in the West for its use by Muslims as a reference to God, it is used by Arabic speaking people of all Abrahamic faiths, including Christians and Jews, in reference to "God". The appellation was aswell used by pagan Meccans as a reference to the creator-god, possibly the absolute deity in pre-Islamic Arabia.

The term Allāh is derived from a contraction of the Arabic definite article al- "the" and ʼilāh "deity, god" to al-lāh meaning "the deity, God" (ho theos monos).Cognates of the name "Allāh" exist in other semitic languages, including Hebrew and Aramic.

Star and Crescent

The star and crescent is the best-known attribute used to represent Islam. It appears on the flags of many countries in the Islamic world, like Turkey and Pakistan.

Surprisingly, this symbol is not Muslim in origin. Rather, it was a polytheistic icon adopted during the spread of Islam, and its use today is sometimes contraversal in the Muslim world. The crescent and star are generally said to be Islamic symbols, but historians say that they were the insignia of the Ottoman Empire, not of Islam as a whole.

It is important to know that Islam has few traditional symbols, and the crescent moon and star are not ones that are recognized as traditional symbols by Muslims. The symbol is due to cultural circulation and spread of Islam to the Ottoman turks who ruled a big area and aswell put the crescent moon and star attribute on their flag. It has since then become associated with Islam.