فهم المملكة العربية السعودية تستخدمه حكومة المملكة العربية السعودية منذ 15 مارس 1973. وهومستطيل الشكل عرضه يساوي ثلثي طوله، أرضيته خضراء وتتوسطه تعبير لا إله إلا الله محمد رسول الله بخط الثلث، وتحتها سيف عربي تتجه قبضته نحوسارية الفهم، واحتراما للشهادة المكتوبة على الفهم فلا يجوز تنكيسه أوملامسته الأرض أوالماء. فجميع الدول تنكس أعلامها خلال الحداد أما فهم المملكة العربية السعودية فلا ينكس.

أما شعار المملكة فيتألف من سيفين عربيين منحنيين متقاطعين تعلوهما نخلة، ويرمز السيفان للقوة والمنعة والتضحية، أما النخلة فترمز للحيوية والنماء والصبر

التصميم

تمّ تصميم فهم السعودية على يد مصري لجأ إلى الملك عبد العزيز. حافظ وهبة الذي كان مطارداً من بريطانيا في مصر. صمّم الفهم السعودي تعبيرا عن حبه للمملكة، بعد حتى اعتمد الملك المؤسس ذلك من واقع إخلاص وهبة وعلاقته بتراب السعودية، ورافق الملك في المراحل التالية لبناء الدولة. الفهم مستطيل الشكل عرضه يساوي ثلثي طوله، أرضيته خضراء وتتوسطه تعبير لا إله إلا الله محمد رسول الله بخط الثلث، وتحتها سيف عربي تتجه قبضته نحوسارية الفهم، ولعل من الأمور التي ثبتها هذا الرجل، أنه أضاف جملة التوحيد التي جعلت الفهم السعودي خفاقا لا ينكس، لذلك استمرّ الفهم خفاقاً بما يحمل من مدلولات ورمزية ذات صلة عميقة بهوية البلاد التي يشير إليها، وفوق ذلك كله يتميز عن بقية أعلام دول العالم بخصائص لا تخضع لكثير من البروتوكولات والأعراف الدولية احتراماً للخصوصية الدينية التي يمثلها.

The Arabic inscription on the flag, written in the calligraphic Thuluth script, is the shahada or Islamic declaration of faith:

لَا إِلٰهَ إِلَّا الله مُحَمَّدٌ رَسُولُ الله

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The green of the flag represents Islam and the sword stands for the House of Saud, the founding dynasty of the country, or the military strength and prowess of Saudi Arabia.

The flag is manufactured with identical obverse and reverse sides, to ensure the shahada reads correctly, from right to left, from either side. The sword points to the left on both sides, in the direction of the script. The flag is sinister hoisted, meaning that it is hoisted to the left of the flagpole, as viewed from the obverse (front) side. (Flagpole is to the right of the flag). The flag's green is Pantone 349 C (C90, M12, Y95, K40)

الاستخدام

Because the shahada is considered holy, the flag is not normally used on T-shirts or other items. Saudi Arabia protested against its inclusion on a planned football to be issued by FIFA, bearing all the flags of the participants of the 2002 FIFA World Cup. Saudi officials said that kicking the creed with the foot was completely unacceptable. Similarly, an attempt by the U.S. military to win favour with children of the Prost region of Afghanistan by distributing footballs adorned with flags, including that of Saudi Arabia, ended in demonstrations.

The flag is never lowered to half-mast as a sign of mourning, because lowering it would be considered blasphemous. Similarly, the flag of Somaliland is also never at half-mast.

The normal flag cannot be hoisted vertically according to Saudi legislation. Special vertical flags are manufactured where both the inscription (the creed) and the emblem (the sword) are rotated, although this is rare, as most Arab countries traditionally do not hoist flags vertically.

تاريخ

The Al Saud, the ruling family of Saudi Arabia, has long been closely associated with the Wahhabi religious movement. The Wahhabis, since the 18th century, had used the shahada on their flags. In 1902 Abdulaziz Abdulrahman Al-Saud, leader of the Al Saud and the future founder of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, added a sword to this flag. The design of the flag was not standardized prior to March 15, 1973, and variants with two swords and/or a white vertical stripe at the hoist were frequently used. By 1938, the flag had basically assumed its present form, except the sword had a different design (with a more curved blade) and it, along with the shahada above, took up more of the flag's space.

أعلام سابقة

The precursor states to Saudi Arabia were Nejd and Hejaz. The state flag of Nejd followed today's Saudi flag pattern very closely. The state of Hijaz followed the patterns seen in countries like Palestine and Sudan. From 1744 a crescent was present.^[] From 1902 until 1921 a different Arabic inscription was used. One of the primary opponents to the Saudis was the Al Rashid family in the north of the peninsula, until their defeat in 1921.

• Flag of the Umayyad Caliphate, from 661 to 750

• Flag of the Abbasid Caliphate, from 750 to 1517

• Flag of the Emirate of Ha'il, from 1835 to 1920

• Flag of the Emirate of Ha'il, 1920 to 1921

• Flag of the Emirate of Riyadh from 1902 to 1921.

• Flag of Nejd from 1921 to 1926, closely resembling the modern Saudi flag.

• Flag of Nejd from 1926 to 1932, with a white border and no sword.

• Provisional Flag of Hejaz, 1916 to 1917

• Flag of Hejaz from 1917 to 1920, based on the Flag of the Arab Revolt.

• Flag of Hejaz from 1920 to 1926

• Flag of Hejaz from 1926 to 1932

• Flag of Idrisid Emirate of Asir from 1906 to 1934

أعلام أخرى

The civil ensign, for use by merchant vessels at sea, is a green flag with the state flag in the canton with a white border. The royal standard is the state flag with the palm tree and swords in the canton.

• Royal Standard Saudi Arabia (Ratio: 2:3)

• Civil ensign. (Ratio: 2:3)

• Flag of Chief of General Staff of the Armed Forces. (Ratio: 5:7)

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  Flag of all the Saudi armed forces (Ratio: 2:3)

• Flag of the Royal Saudi Land Force (Ratio: 2:3)

• Flag of the Royal Saudi Naval Forces (Ratio: 2:3)

• Naval jack (Ratio: 2:3).

• Naval Ensign of Saudi Arabia. (Ratio: 12:25)

• Flag of the Royal Saudi Air Force (Ratio: 2:3)

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  Flag of the Royal Saudi Air Force (Ratio: 2:3)

• Flag of the Royal Saudi Air Defense Force (Ratio: 2:3)

• Flag of the Royal Saudi Strategic Missile Force1.png

  Flag of the Royal Saudi Strategic Missile Force (Ratio: 2:3)

• Flag of the Ministry of National Guard Saudi Arabia (Ratio: 2:3)

• Flag of the Saudi Royal Guard.png

  Flag of the Saudi Royal Guard Regiment (Ratio: 2:3)

• Flag of the Ministry of Interior (Saudi Arabia) (Ratio: 2:3)

الهامش

وصلات خارجية

• at Flags of the World
• World Flags Information, Saudi Arabian page
• Saudi Arabian flag and associated information