| Designer |
Abdulaziz Abdulrahman Al-Saud |
| Adopted |
15 March 1973 |
| Proportion |
2 : 3 (width : length) |
| Description |
The national flag of Saudi Arabia consists of a green field with the Shahada (Muslim profession of faith that can be translated as “There is no god but Allah; Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah”) written in the Thuluth script in white above a horizontal straight-bladed sabre, having its tip pointed to the left |
| Record |
Owing to its religious symbolism, flag of Saudi Arabia is one of the only two national flags (Afghanistan flag is the other) that are never lowered to half-mast as a sign of mourning, because lowering it to half-mast is considered to be blasphemous |
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