{{Short description|none}} {{EngvarB|date=March 2015}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox coat of arms |name = Emblem of Brunei Darussalam <br /> ''{{lang|ms|Panji-Panji Negara Brunei Darussalam}}'' |image = Emblem of Brunei.svg |image_width = 250 |caption = National Emblem of Brunei |middle = |middle_width = |middle_caption = |lesser = |lesser_alt = |lesser_width = |lesser_caption = |armiger = Hassanal Bolkiah, Sultan of Brunei |year_adopted = 1959 |crest = |torse = |shield =Hands gules |supporters = |compartment = |motto = {{lang|ar|{{Script|Arab|الدائمون المحسنون بالهدى}}}} {{small|(Arabic)}}<br>{{transliteration|ar|Ad-dāʾimūna al-muḥsinūna bi-l-hudā}}<br>{{small|'Always in service with God's guidance'}} |orders = |other_elements = |earlier_versions = |use = }}
The '''Emblem of Brunei''' is a national symbol that is also featured on the flag of Brunei. It was adopted in 1959. There are five main components to the national emblem: the flag, the royal parasol (ceremonial umbrella), the wings, the hands, and the crescent.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |url=https://www.information.gov.bn/Publication%20listsPDF/Kebangsaan/semarak-hari-kebangsaan-negara-brunei-darussalam-1984-2015pdf.pdf |title=Semarak Hari Kebangsaan Negara Brunei Darussalam 1984 – 2015 |publisher=Informations Department |year=2015 |isbn=978-99917-49-88-4 |location=Bandar Seri Begawan |pages=54–55 |language=ms}}</ref>
Below the crescent is a banner; both are inscribed with yellow lettering in Arabic: * On the crescent, Brunei's national motto: {{lang|ar|{{Script|Arab|الدائمون المحسنون بالهدى}}}}; {{transliteration|ar|Ad-dāʾimūna al-muḥsinūna bi-l-hudā}}, meaning "Always in service with God's guidance" (Malay: "{{lang|ms|Sentiasa membuat kebajikan dengan petunjuk Allah}}"). * On the banner (scroll), the state's name: {{lang|ms-Arab|{{Script|Arab|بروني دارالسلام}}}}; ''{{lang|ms|Brunei Darussalam}}'', literally "Brunei, the Abode of Peace".
==Design== All elements on the emblem are red. On some versions they have black outlines; others have colourless outlines.<ref name=":0" /> # The small swallowtail flag and parasol (''{{lang|ms|payung ubor-ubor}}''), regalia of the sultanate's monarchy,<ref>{{cite book|last=Sidhu|first=Jatswan S.|title=Historical Dictionary of Brunei Darussalam|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Bry0sOwstIMC&pg=PA87|year=2009|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-0-8108-7078-9|page=87}}</ref> have been the royal insignia since the creation of the emblem. {{small|(See also: Chatra, religious parasol)}} # The wings symbolise protection of justice, tranquility, prosperity and peace. # Below these is the crescent, a symbol of Islam, the state religion of Brunei. # On the sides, the upturned hands indicate the government's duty is to preserve and promote the welfare of the citizens and to protect the people.
== Personal emblem of the Sultan== thumb|250px|Personal emblem of the Sultan
After the Constitution was enacted in 1959 the Sultan of Brunei adopted a different emblem from the emblem of state, in that the two hands were superseded by two golden ''sejant'' cats (''kuching emas''). At his coronation in 1968, Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah used a crown (''mahkota'') with an original design due it is based on the brocade turbans used by previous sultans. It is made of precious metal, decorated with pendilia and a sarpech consisting of a crescent-and-ten-pointed star and topped with a seven-pointed ornament.
An excerpt from the Quran in Arabic text is inscribed upon the crescent, the opening verse of the ''surah'' ''Al-Mulk'': {{lang|ar|{{Script|Arab|تَبَارَكَ الَّذِي بِيَدِهِ الْمُلْكُ}}}}; ''Tabāraka al-ladhī bi-yadihi al-mulku'', meaning "Blessed is the One in Whose Hands rests all authority". {{qref|67|1|b=y|s=y}}
Around 1999 a highly elaborate achievement was adopted. It maintained the inscribed crescent, since that time ''vert'', and the winged umbrella as core elements but the Sultan's crown was added over them. This set is surrounded by a garland of ears paddy ''or'' and is displayed the name of God (Allah) in ''chief''. On the yellow standard of the Sultan, the emblem is all red.<ref>[http://www.hubert-herald.nl/Brunei.htm Vries, Hubert de. ''National Arms and Emblems, Past and Present. Brunei'']. Retrieved 27 July 2016.</ref>
==Past emblems== <gallery class="center"> File:Emblem of Brunei (1932-1950).svg|Emblem from 1932 to 1950 File:Emblem of Brunei (1950-1959).svg|Emblem from 1951 to 1959 File:Emblem of Brunei.svg|Emblem from 1959 to present File:Emblem of Brunei (pre-1959).png|Emblem that was used before 1959 with motto (القاىٔم بامان الله, translated “The one who stands (or rules) by the protection of God”) </gallery>
==References== {{reflist}}
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