A retired Pakistani officer spends 10 years weaving verses of the Qur'an on 8,000 pencils!
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Retired Pakistani police officer Shah Nawaz Malhi spent 10 years weaving complete verses of the Holy Qur’an distributed over 114 Surahs, using a unique method of weaving those verses on pencils, as he used about 8,000 pencils to weave the entire Holy Qur’an.
As for the name of each surah - which he placed inside a special frame, it is also a piece of art in itself, as he wove it against the background of one of the scenes of the universe, such as the celestial bodies he drew, and some frames contain a number of pencils ranging between 8 and 10 in the names of the surahs, and the number of pens The one used in the surahs varies according to the length of each surah, and ranges between 50 and 70, or even between 100 and 500, and each pen is fixed on the board with plastic clips.
Malhi retired from the Sindh police in 2014, and says he is the first artist to weave the entire Holy Quran with thread on pencils.
The former policeman said he was drawn to art since he was an elementary school student, and developed that instinct throughout his life.
In 2002, he wrote Asmaa Allah al-Husna in Arabic calligraphy, and presented the work at the Pakistan Arts Council in Karachi.
Malhi says that he learned the art of weaving while watching prisoners develop crafts in prison. He mentioned that they used to take pencils and wrap several threads around them while weaving their names on them;
“Hence the skill seemed very interesting to me, so I wanted to develop it.”
Shah Nawaz took into account the quality of the pencils he used in weaving so that they would not be damaged and waste his effort, and then chose pens made of Indian rosewood that resists termites.
Shah Nawaz says he spent 8 hours of hard work every day over a decade to complete writing the entire Holy Qur’an. He also received donations from family and friends worth 3 million Pakistani rupees ($16,765) to get the work done, sold his house and moved to a smaller house. To use the remaining funds to support his project.
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