A new collection of Holy Quran has been added to the Quran Library of Bahria Town’s Grand Jamia Masjid during the last one and a half year which is open for general public.
These copies are in 17 languages with translation. The display is unique as it showcases more than 50 handwritten copies of Holy Quran, with some estimated to be 500 to 1000 years ago. In the gallery, dozens of original images of Holy Kaaba, Masjid-e-Nabvi and other holy places captured in early 1900s have also been put on display. A copy of handwritten Holy Quran on canvas by calligrapher Muhammad Ayub of Agra, India, is another hallmark of Grand Jamia Masjid’s Quran Gallery. Started in the year 1161 (Hijri year), it took four years to write the beautiful copy.
The one of its kind in Pakistan, the gallery also features handwritten translated copies of Holy Quran in Persian language.
Many of the rare copies of Holy Quran came from personal collection of Air Commodore (retd) Ahsan Javed (late) who was Deputy CEO of Bahria Town and father of Bahria Town’s incumbent head of Security & HR, Col (retd) Ali Ahsan.
He said apart from this, many of the rare copies of Holy Quran and books on Ahadith and Fiqh were arranged by Bahria Town CEO Riaz Malik. About the Grand Jamia Masjid, he said the total capacity of the mosque covering 10.5 acres of land was 70,000 making it the world’s 7th largest mosque. He said the mosque could accommodate some 25,000 people inside while in the outer portion some 45,000 people could fit in.
