Muslims have some special sort of fascination towards Holy Qur’an. This attraction cum affection has lots of reason behind it, the most important reason being the strong belief that the Holy Qur’an is a book from Allah on the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ.
As love and affections are always beyond limit and cannot sustain without expression, we see numbers of Muslims doing something extraordinary to express it.
One of the extraordinary expressions of love towards Holy Quran is shown by an Azerbaijani Muslim woman who wrote entire Quran on transparent silk pages. MashaAllah, it is so beautiful and eye catching to look upon it.
“Memmedzade, a 33-year-old artist, used 50 meters of transparent black silk, and 1,500 milliliters of gold and silver inks in the project, which has taken three years to complete,” reported Turkish news website Daily Sabah.
In the quest to make an exceptional Quran, Memmedzade researched extensively. After a thorough investigation, she found out that the Islamic Holy Book had been “transcribed onto various materials but never onto silk before”, which motivated her to take up the mammoth project.
Having studied art history at Turkey’s Marmara University, she also
explained that the work of art does not infringe on any religious law since silk is a material that has been referred to in the holy book .
She transcribed the Holy Qur’an based on the official version released from the Diyanet, the Turkish Presidency of Religious Affairs on the silk sheet each measuring 29 x 33 centimeters.
She also used a little more than three pints of liquid gold and silver as well as 164 feet of 11.4 x 13 sheets of fine silk. The project took 50 metres of Black silk and 1.5 metres of Gold ink and tons of dedication of hundreds of hours.
In Islamic countries, the art of writing and decorating the Holy Text is still a common practice — which shows their devotion and patience. The exhibition aims to highlight such intricate works, Memmedzade’s version of the Quran only reaffirms the claim.
