Find Communities in Australia

Join activities, celebrations, study groups, spiritual empowerment and education programs for young people, and more.

Learn about the Baha’i Faith

Baha’i beliefs address essential spiritual themes for humanity’s collective and individual advancement. Learn more about these and more.

DISMISS MENU

The Persian Calligraphy of Arash Nedaiee Diznab

June 25, 2020, in Images > Visual Arts, by

Art and creative expression have been around as long as humankind. The artist featured in this Baha’i Blog images post has been mastering an art form with a long and distinguished history: Arash Diznab is a Persian calligrapher, specializing in Nastaliq and Shekasteh-Nastaliq styles. Below you’ll find a small gallery of some of his works, as well as some words he shared with us about his artistry. 

A prayer by the Bab
An Arabic prayer praising Baha’u’llah.
“O SON OF BEING! Thy Paradise is My love, thy heavenly home, reunion with Me. Enter therein and tarry not. This is that which hath been destined for thee in Our kingdom above and Our exalted dominion.” – Baha’u’llah
A prayer by Baha’u’llah for fasting.
“Praised be Thou, O He; O He that is He; O He that here is none other than He.” – Baha’u’llah, Tablet of the Bell
A passage from the Kitab-i-Aqdas: “Observe My Commandments for the love of My beauty.” – Baha’u’llah
A Persian poem about the Festival of Ridvan.
A prayer by the Bab.
A prayer by the Bab
“Dominion is God’s, the Lord of the seen and the unseen, the Lord of creation.” – Baha’u’llah

Baha’i Blog: Could you please tell us a little bit about yourself?

My name is Arash Nedaiee Diznab. I was born in Tehran, Iran on the 14th of June, 1977. I moved to Australia in 2016. I studied pharmacy in Iran and l am self-employed.

Baha’i Blog: Could you please tell us a little about your art? What kind of art do you create?

Calligrapher Arash Diznab

My art works are Persian calligraphy or Iranian calligraphy, which have been one of the significant and main fine arts throughout the history of Iran. Contemporary Iranian calligraphy is divided into eight different styles. I am specialised in two of the styles, namely Nastaliq and Shekasteh-Nastaliq (cursive Nastaliq), that have been in use for over a thousand years. The Bab and Bahaʼu’llah were experts in Iranian calligraphy and Bahaʼu’llah’s father was a distinguished calligrapher.

I started learning Nastaliq at the Iranian Association of Calligraphers in 1996 and graduated with a Master’s Degree in 2000. Since 2002 I have conducted numerous private classes for students focusing on handwriting and creating artwork using calligraphy.

The first solo exhibition of my work was in Tehran in 2004; portraying love in Persian classic and contemporary poetry. The title of the exhibition was “Sharhe Parishani” meaning “Reflections of Turmoil”.

I held my second solo exhibition titled “The First Call of The Beloved”, in March 2019 in Wollongong Art Gallery (Australia) with 42 artworks that convey the concepts of unity in diversity, peace, love, kindness, detachment and mankind’s position in universe.

Baha’i Blog: What inspires you?

In this art, the artist tries to attract people’s sight to the words, quotes and poets by beautifying them and create new forms — hopefully the audience will think about that concept.

Baha’i Blog: Thank you so much, Arash, for sharing this with us.

You can find out more by following Arash on Instagram (@arashnadaiee) or on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/arash.nedaiee).

Posted by

Sonjel Vreeland

In her innermost heart, Sonjel is a stay-at-home parent and a bookworm with a maxed out library card but professionally she is a museologist with a background in English Literature. She currently lives on Prince Edward Island, an isle in the shape of a smile on the eastern Canadian coast. Sonjel is a writer who loves to listen to jazz when she's driving at night.
Sonjel Vreeland

Discussion 6 Comments

I congratulate from the bottom of my heart for these beautiful pictures. These pictures are excellent. The colors are real musical tones and heavenly radiation. Baha’u’llah was also such an artist. But there was more! I warmly congratulate you on this wonderful art

Margrit Rita Hurni

Margrit Rita Hurni (June 6, 2020 at 3:01 PM)

Arash I warmly congratulate you on this wonderful work. Of course they are sacred to me. Simply excellent Arash Diznab? SUPER SCHÖN

Margrit Rita Hurni

Margrit Rita Hurni (June 6, 2020 at 3:06 PM)

Dear Arash your artistic pen takes one easily away from the material plane to a mystical and spiritual one! As if the words are finding ways to soar through the mind. Your artworks are not only capturing the eye, but also touching the heart. What a wonderful way to present the Words of God!
Congratulations!

Soraya Forghani

Soraya Forghani (June 6, 2020 at 11:16 PM)

Thank you so much dear Soraya

Arash Nedaie Diznab

Arash Nedaie Diznab (July 7, 2020 at 1:11 AM)

Thx Paradies is my LOV! O Son of Beinig…… this is for my ! This is my most beautiful picture my favorite picture!,,,

Margrit Rita Hurni

Margrit Rita Hurni (June 6, 2020 at 9:16 AM)

Thanks Dear Margrit . That’s my pleasure

Arash Nedaie Diznab

Arash Nedaie Diznab (July 7, 2020 at 1:10 AM)

Leave a Reply

YOUR EMAIL WILL NOT BE PUBLISHED
REQUIRED FIELDS ARE MARKED *

"*" indicates required fields

Receive our regular newsletter

Join activities, celebrations, study groups, spiritual empowerment and education programs for young people, and more.

Find Communities in Australia

or Internationally

The arts and media have a critical role in how we share our community experiences. We’ve got resources, projects and more to help you get involved.

Visit our Creator Hub

Baha’i beliefs address essential spiritual themes for humanity’s collective and individual advancement. Learn more about these and more.

What Baha’is Believe

We acknowledge the Traditional Owners of country throughout Australia.

We recognise their continuing connection to land, waters and community. We pay our respects to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and their cultures; and to elders both past and present.

Baha’i Blog is a non-profit independent initiative

The views expressed in our content reflect individual perspectives and do not represent the official views of the Baha’i Faith.