Green in Islam

File:Khizr.JPGVerses from the Qur'an describing reclining on green cushions and garments of fine silk imbue the color with a sense of tranquility and peace. Believers are adorned with green garments of fine silk and heavy brocade, symbolizing purity and divine favor.{{Cite journal |last=Burge |first=S.R. |date=2015-03-04 |title=The Search for Meaning: Tafsīr, Hermeneutics, and Theories of Reading |url=https://brill.com/view/journals/arab/62/1/article-p53_3.xml |journal=Arabica |volume=62 |issue=1 |pages=53–73 |doi=10.1163/15700585-12341336 |issn=0570-5398}}{{Cite journal |last=Sharifah M. AlOboudi |date=2015-07-01 |title=Najd, the Heart of Arabia |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.13169/arabstudquar.37.3.0282 |journal=Arab Studies Quarterly |volume=37 |issue=3 |doi=10.13169/arabstudquar.37.3.0282 |issn=0271-3519}}{{Quote | Reclining on green Cushions and rich Carpets of beauty | Sura 55, verse 76.{{Sfn | ibn Hāshim | 2009 | loc = [http://www.masjidtucson.org/quran/noframes/ch55.html#21 Sura 55]}}}}

{{Quote | Upon them will be green garments of fine silk and heavy brocade, and they will be adorned with bracelets of silver; and their Lord will give to them to drink of a Water Pure and Holy. | Sura 76, verse 21.{{Sfn | ibn Hāshim | 2009 | loc = [http://www.masjidtucson.org/quran/noframes/ch76.html#21 Sura 76, The Human (Al-Insaan)]}}{{Sfn | ibn Hāshim | 2009 | loc = [http://www.masjidtucson.org/quran/noframes/ch18.html#31 Sura 18, The Cave (Al-Kahf)]}}}}

Al-Khidr ("The Green One") is a Qur’anic figure who met and traveled with Moses.{{cite web | last = Catherine | first =David | title =Al-Khidr, The Green Man | url =http://khidr.org/ | access-date = 2007-11-30}}

The Green Dome, traditional site of the tomb of Muhammad, was painted green on the order of Sultan Abdul Hamid II (r. 1876–1909).{{Citation needed|date=April 2013}}

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Green flags were adopted by Shi'ites in the early Islamic period,{{EI2|last=David-Weill|first=J.|title=ʿAlam|volume=1|page=349|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1573-3912_islam_SIM_0497}} although the most common Shi'a color was white, in symbolic opposition to Abbasid black.{{The History of al-Tabari | volume = 30 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wqf1gwM9O58C | pages = 18–19, note 74}}{{cite book | last = Hathaway | first = Jane | title = A Tale of Two Factions: Myth, Memory, and Identity in Ottoman Egypt and Yemen | location = Albany, New York | publisher = State University of New York Press | year = 2003 | isbn = 978-0-7914-5883-9 | url = {{Gbook|L-lPC7DgepEC|plainurl=y}} | page = 97 | quote = The Ismaili Shi'ite counter-caliphate founded by the Fatimids took white as its dynastic color, creating a visual contrast to the Abbasid enemy.}} Thus in 817, when the Abbasid caliph al-Ma'mun adopted the Alid Ali al-Ridha as his heir-apparent, he also changed the dynastic color from black to green. The change was reverted al-Ma'mun had Ali killed, and returned to Baghdad in 819.{{The Prophet and the Age of the Caliphates | edition = Second | pages = 152–153, 161}}{{dubious|date=October 2023}}

Various national flags use green as a symbol of Islam, including Algeria, Azerbaijan, Comoros, Mauritania, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, and Tajikistan.{{cite web |title=Field Listing :: Flag Description |url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/320.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190109073259/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/320.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 9, 2019 |work=The World Factbook |publisher=Central Intelligence Agency |access-date=12 March 2019}}{{Cite web |title=Information about national flag of Tajikistan |url=https://www.advantour.com/tajikistan/flag.htm |access-date=2017-10-25 |website=www.advantour.com |language=en}} Some Arab countries also use pan-Arab colors, which include green. These include: Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Sudan, Syria, and the United Arab Emirates, as well as several contested states including Palestine, Somaliland, and Western Sahara. Libya formerly also followed this principle, featuring green as its only component color (at the time the only flag in the world to use only one color) until 2011.

There are also several flags of Muslim-majority countries featuring green color that does not symbolize Islam. Examples include Bangladesh, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, and Senegal (in the latter four cases, the green color is a component of the pan-African colors, which are also adopted by even Christian-majority countries such as Malawi and South Sudan).

In Islam, the color green holds significant symbolism and is often associated with nature, life, and renewal. It is frequently referenced in religious texts and traditions, symbolizing paradise and the lush landscapes described in the Qur'an. Beyond its use in national flags of some Islamic countries, such as Saudi Arabia and Iran, green is widely utilized in Islamic art, architecture, and attire. Its prevalence in mosques, Qur'anic manuscripts, and decorative elements underscores its importance in Islamic culture and aesthetics. {{Dubious|date=December 2024}}

Green is a common color used by Islamist political parties.{{Cite book |title=Color Design Workbook: A Real World Guide to Using Color in Graphic Design |last1=Adams |first1=Sean |last2=Morioka |first2=Noreen |last3=Stone |first3=Terry Lee |date=2006 |publisher=Rockport Publishers |isbn=159253192X |location=Gloucester, Mass. |pages=[https://archive.org/details/colordesignworkb0000ston/page/86 86] |oclc=60393965 |url=https://archive.org/details/colordesignworkb0000ston/page/86}}

File:16th Century Barbary Corsairs Flag.svg|A green Barbary corsairs flag with a skull on it.Giles Milton, White Gold (2004), p. 9: "The flags on their mainmasts depicted a human skull on a dark green background - the menacing symbol of a new and terrible enemy. It was the third week of July 1625, and England was about to be attacked by the Islamic corsairs of Barbary."

File:BarbarosSancagi.svg|The flag of Hayreddin Barbarossa

File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg|Flag of Saudi Arabia

File:Flag of Pakistan.svg|Flag of Pakistan

File:Flag of Bangsamoro.svg|Flag of Bangsamoro, Philippines

File:Flag of Aceh, Indonesia.svg|Flag of Aceh, Indonesia

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• {{Citation | first = Abū al-Qāsim Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib | last = ibn Hāshim | author-link = Muhammad | others = Khalifa, Rashad transl | title = Quran The Final Testament | publisher = Majid | place = Tucson | url =http://www.masjidtucson.org/quran/ | access-date = 2007-11-30 | year = 2009}}
• Abdul-Matin, Ibrahim. “Green Deen: What Islam Teaches about Protecting the Planet.” Green Deen: What Islam Teaches about Protecting the Planet, Kube Publishing, 2012.

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