Rabu, 13 Juni 2012

THE HOLLY AL-QURAN IN MASJID AGUNG PALEMBANG



A number of ulama and artists of calligraphy in  South Sumatera had done a new history  in the world of calligraphy. During eight years, they had made  the 30 juz of Al-Quran in 315 pieces of tamarind wood. Not less than 2 billion rupias was spent to make it happen.

H Sofwatillah Mohzaib S.Sos is the originator of the idea and the desaigner of the holy Al-Quran. According to him, this holy Al-Quran is made of tamarind wood. T he overall thickness including the cover of up to 9 meters. The size of the page is 177 x 140 x 2.5 cm.


On January 30, 2012 President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono with the parliamentary conference delegates Organization of Islam Conference (OIC)  declarated this holy Al-Quran.

Al-Quran that consists of 630 pages is also completed by  tajwid and do’a khataman for the beginner. According to Sofwatillah Mohzaib, Al-Quran Al-Akbar is funded by donor contributions costed 900 million rupias, the remainder of more than 1 billion rupias is a private fund of some ulama in South Sumatra.


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