World’s largest Quran being built in Dubai, words will be written from 200 kg gold

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World's largest Quran being built in Dubai

Dubai: The ‘World’s Largest Holy Quran’ will be displayed at Expo 2020 Dubai, the biggest event in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). An artist from Pakistan is preparing this Quran. International artist Shahid Rasam has claimed that the words gold and aluminum plated have been used in it.

International artist Shahid Rasam, while addressing a press conference at the Pakistan Association Dubai, said that he will present ‘Surah Rehman’ as the ‘world’s largest Quran’ at Expo 2020 Dubai. Shahid Rasam, who developed the Quran for the first time out of aluminum and gold-plated words, said he will showcase ‘Surah Rehman’ as his creative concept.

Rasam said he would use 200 kg of gold and 2000 kg of aluminum to develop about 80,000 words on 550 pages. There will be about 150 words on each page. The Pakistani artist says that he is committed to complete the project by 2025 after exhibiting a part of it at Expo 2020 Dubai.

Elaborating on the project, he said that for the first time in more than 1400 Islamic history, the Holy Quran will be inscribed with aluminum and gold-plated letters on a high-quality canvas.

Rasam said that the size of the Holy Quran will be 6.5×8.5 ​​feet excluding the frame. Rasam has given special training to his students and a group of talented artists to develop the Quran. At present, about 200 people are working on this project.

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