Rub el Hizb

In Arabic, rubʻ means "one-fourth" or "quarter," while ḥizb (plural aḥzāb) translates to "a group." Initially, it was used in the Quran, which is divided into 60 aḥzāb (groups of roughly equal length); Rubʿ el Hizb further divides each ḥizb into four. A ḥizb is one half of a juz'. In total, there are thus 240 divisions.

It was the symbol with which the Tartessos, since remote Neolithic times, made offerings to the Sun and represented it with eight rays.

Later, with Al-Andalus in the Iberian Peninsula, he already defined it as a cultural symbol, coining it in the first coins. In addition, the use of it in so many areas led to its name being changed to the star of Abd al-Rahman I. From al Al-Andalus it was exported to the rest of the Arab culture.

It has been used extensively in Turkic Islamic culture and history.[1][2]

The symbol in question, consisting of two concentric circles with a defined punctual center, connected by eight radial sectors, is similar to the Islamic symbol when the two lines of the East-West orientation are combined, thus resulting in a hexagon with a circular symmetry.[3]

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