Editing Naskh (script) (section)

{{Short description|Small, round script of Islamic calligraphy}}
[[File:FirstSurahKoran.jpg|thumb|[[Al-Fatihah]] {{lang|ar-Latn|[[surah]]}} written in Naskh script]]

'''Naskh'''{{efn|{{langx|ar|{{Script|Arab|قلم النسخ}}|qalam an-naskh}}, from the verb {{lang|ar|نَسَخَ}}, {{lang|ar-Latn|nasakha}}, 'to copy', from the root n-s-kh (ن-س-خ)}} is a small, round script of [[Islamic calligraphy]]. Naskh is one of the first scripts of Islamic [[calligraphy]] to develop, commonly used in writing administrative documents and for transcribing books, including the [[Quran|Qur’an]], because of its easy legibility.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |title=Islamic calligraphy |last=Blair |first=Sheila |date=2006 |publisher=Edinburgh University Press |isbn=9780748612123 }}</ref>