IQNA

Iran’s Scented Mus’haf on Display in Saudi Arabia

15:27 - October 19, 2013
News ID: 2605418
One of the scented Quran copies printed in Iran has been put on show at the Zyan Al-Quran Exhibition in Saudi Arabia.
The exhibition is underway in Qatif province as part of Saudi Arabia’s 9th Al-Dukhula national festival, Juhayna daily reported.
750 Quranic works, including 70 rare historical manuscript data-x-items are on display at the exhibition.
Saeed Al Talaq, an official with the exhibition, said some of the artworks as well as parts of the Kiswa (covering of the holy Kaaba) are for sale.
There are other rare copies of the Quran on show including in the form of a scroll measuring 8.5 meters in length. The copy dates back to 4 centuries ago and is kept in Qatif Museum of Civilization.
Another artwork is a sword on which verses from the Holy Quran have been inscribed. It dates back to 150 years ago.
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