What do the colors on the Saudi Arabia flag mean?

What do the colors on the Saudi Arabia flag mean?

The national flag of Saudi Arabia features just two colors. The field is green, which is the color of Islam and is used by other Islamic nations in their flags and national emblems. The other color used in the flag is white, which is used for the Arabic inscription and the sword emblem that is located below it.

What flag has a sword on it?

The flag of Saudi Arabia
The flag of Saudi Arabia is the flag used by the government of Saudi Arabia since March 15, 1973. It is a green flag featuring in white an Arabic inscription and a sword.

What is written on Saudi flag in English?

The Saudi flag is colored green (Pantone 330C) that on two sides has inscribed on it in white Arabic letters the Islamic Testimony of Faith (Shahada) that reads لَا إِلٰهَ إِلَّا الله مُحَمَّدٌ رَسُولُ الله translated as ‘There is No God But Allah and Mohammed (SAW) Is His Messenger.

What is the old flag of Saudi Arabia?

The flag was similar to that of the Ottoman Empire and featured a plain red field with a yellow crescent moon and eight-pointed star. From 1902 the Emirate of Riydh created the third Saudi State. The flag was a green field with white vertical stripe with white Arabic text.

Why is there a sword on the Saudi flag?

“There is no god but Allah; Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah.” The green of the flag represents Islam and the sword stands for the strictness in applying justice.

What symbolizes Saudi Arabia?

The Saudi Arabian national emblem was adopted in 1950. According to the Saudi Basic Law, it consists of two crossed swords with a palm tree in the space above and between the blades. The two swords represent the Kingdom of Hejaz and the Sultanate of Najd and its dependencies, which were united under Ibn Saud in 1926.

What flag has AK-47?

the Mozambican flag
The AK-47 has been a part of the Mozambican flag since 1975. (The current design was adopted on 1 May 1983, and bears close resemblance to a FRELIMO flag.) FRELIMO, which led the war for Mozambique’s freedom with AK-47s, has been the ruling party post-independence till today.

What kind of sword is on the Saudi Arabia flag?

straight Arab sword
In 1973, a Royal decree established a precise design(4) in which the inscription was condensed to one-eighth the flag’s area and the weapon was changed from a curved saber to a straight Arab sword.

What is special about Saudi flag?

There is no god but Allah; Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah.” The green of the flag represents Islam and the sword stands for the strictness in applying justice. The flag is manufactured with identical obverse and reverse sides, to ensure the shahada reads correctly, from right to left, from either side.