MAKKAH — The Holy Qur’an Museum on the Hira Cultural District in Makkah is showcasing a monumental handwritten copy of the Holy Qur’an, acknowledged as the most important Qur’an of its sort on the earth. The manuscript measures 312 by 220 centimeters and contains 700 pages, incomes the museum recognition from Guinness World Data for displaying the world’s largest Qur’an.
The manuscript is a magnified replica of a historic Qur’an courting again to the tenth century AH (sixteenth centuryAD). The unique copy measures 45 by 30 centimeters with the chapters written primarily in Thuluth script, whereas Surah Al-Fatiha was penned in Naskh, reflecting the refined creative selections and calligraphic range of that period.
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The Qur’an is a novel instance of Arabic calligraphy, gilding, and bookbinding, showcasing options of Islamic artwork via intricate decorations, sun-shaped motifs on the opening folio, and frontispiece and title pages, reflecting the excessive degree of creative mastery of that period.
The manuscript was endowed as a waqf in 1300 AH (1883 CE). Its authentic model is presently preserved on the King Abdulaziz Advanced for Endowment Libraries, remaining an enduring testomony to Muslims’ enduring reverence for the Qur’an and the richness of the Islamic arts related to it throughout the centuries.
