Sultan Al Qasimi inaugurates the exhibition at the Museum of Islamic Civilization

“Blessed Verses and Creative Pens” .. A Journey with the Most Wonderful Rare Manuscripts

  • Sultan Al Qasimi briefed on the exhibition holdings.

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His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, inaugurated yesterday the exhibition “Blessed Verses and Creative Pens: Illuminations on the Finest Manuscripts from the Hamid Jaafar Quranic Collection” at the Sharjah Museum of Islamic Civilization.

His Highness toured the exhibition, which runs until March 19, 2023, and presents a bouquet of rare Quranic manuscripts that includes more than 50 original pieces of Quranic manuscripts, paintings and carpets, all dating back to 14 centuries, and highlighting the impact of Islamic civilization as a unifying force and a source of inspiration for different cultures from the Near East. To China, Southeast Asia, Spain and Morocco.

The exhibits include a Qur’an manuscript from 1844 by the calligrapher Sharifa Waheeda Yaqouta, and a page of about 1.7 meters high from the “Bey Sinqur” Qur’an, which is considered the largest among the Qur’ans in the Middle Ages, and dates back to 1400 AD.

The exhibition also presents one of the oldest and largest remaining Qur’an manuscripts from the “Tashkent Qur’an” that dates back to the second century AH - the eighth century AD, in addition to a number of other large Qur’an manuscripts dating back to the period between the second century AH - the eighth century AD and the fourth century AH. The tenth century AD, which clarifies the history of Arabic calligraphy and reveals various aspects about this visual art that does not stop at the borders of the basic text, but rather highlights the artistic touches, craftsmanship and aesthetics of design, and the place and time in which it was produced, evidenced by the successive developments witnessed by the art of calligraphy.

The exhibition, which is held in cooperation with the Crescent Group, which took the initiative to provide these rich collectibles to celebrate its 50th anniversary, expresses the efforts of the Sharjah Museums Authority towards raising community awareness of the history of Arabic calligraphy and its role in enriching the art scene.

The exhibition also witnesses the organization of a number of educational activities that enhance the role of museums as educational spaces, and includes a series of family workshops that will continue throughout the duration of the exhibition. artistic.

It presents the “The Emerging Decorator” workshop, which targets the artistic skills of young groups aged 17-13 years to explore the secrets of drawing decorations and how to prepare the golden color on their own decoration. One of the Qur'anic decorations collected during the past 40 years.

The opening of the exhibition, along with His Highness the Ruler of Sharjah, was attended by Sheikh Khalid bin Abdullah Al Qasimi, Chairman of the Sharjah Ports, Customs and Free Zones Authority, Abdul Rahman bin Muhammad Al Owais, Minister of Health and Community Protection, Cultural Adviser to His Highness the President of the State Zaki Nusseibeh, and a number of senior officials, heads of government departments and representatives of missions. State diplomacy, founder and chairman of the board of directors of the Crescent Group Hamid Jaafar, and director general of the Sharjah Museums Authority, Manal Ataya.

Ornamentation and gilding

Visitors to the exhibition “Blessed Verses and Creative Pens” at the Sharjah Museum of Islamic Civilization can learn the basics of Qur’anic decoration and gilding as a distinctive craft, in addition to a workshop for the same age group entitled “From an artist to a calligrapher”, during which the workshop participants contemplate the masterpieces of Arabic calligraphy and their brilliance, because they combine between Modernity and learning how to integrate different Arabic fonts into a creative painting, in addition to organizing a special tour of the exhibition and participating in a dialogue session entitled “Islam as a source of inspiration for different cultures.”

• 50 original pieces of Qur'anic manuscripts, paintings and carpets, all dating back to 14 centuries, are among the exhibits.


• The exhibition includes a 1.7-meter-high page of the "Bay Sinqur" Qur'an, which is considered the largest among the medieval Qur'ans.

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