Egyptian Quran Scribe Dies at 75
He was from the village of Shandlat near the city of Santa in the country’s Gharbia Governorate, Fito website reported.
This Egyptian calligrapher’s funeral was held at the grand mosque of the village on Sunday, with a large attendance of Egyptians.
This Quran scribe was buried in the family tomb and those who attended the funeral prayed for the happiness of his soul, asking for divine mercy and forgiveness.
He was a model of kindness and good character and a pioneer in doing good deeds and serving the people of his village, they noted.
Nofal became famous for a unique achievement after he was able to write the entire Holy Quran by hand 6 times, using simple tools and few resources, and after years of patience and effort.
He had previously said that he had dreamed of writing the Quran since childhood, and after retiring from his government job, he achieved it, after he decided to use his free time to fulfill his greatest desire.
The beginning of this passion dated back to the time when he studied at the Quranic school in his village, where the teacher asked the students to write the memorized verses on the tablets in the same calligraphy and Arabic script found in the Quran, which impressed him and he later decided to write the entire Quran.
Nofal recited the Quran daily and within two and a half years he was able to complete the entire Quran in his own handwriting and continued to write other copies until he reached six complete copies.
Every day after the Isha prayer, he would set aside time to write two to three pages of the Quran, using ordinary pens and a ruler to draw the margins and accurately transfer the Arabic script from the Ottoman Quran, and he would collect what he wrote in neat paper volumes.
The Quran scribe had said in an interview that the Holy Quran was the reason for his resistance to life’s difficulties and a source of sustenance and blessing, and that he was able to raise his children in the best possible way, all of whom studied at university and memorized the Holy Quran.
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He emphasized that his motivation for doing this was to seek God’s pleasure and his desire to leave a good legacy and a lasting memory for his children and grandchildren.
The Egyptian citizen also said that his wife would review the transcribed Quranic verses and never found a single mistake in the copies of the Quran that he wrote by hand.
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