After generations of preservation at the Awwal Masjid in Cape Town, a copy of the historic Tuan Guru Quran, the first handwritten Quran in South Africa, has been handed over to the Al-Aqsa Library in Jerusalem.
The Jerusalem Endowments’ director general, Sheikh Azzam Al-Khatib, presided over the handover ceremony on Tuesday and expressed his gratitude and appreciation for the kind gesture.
Professor Mustafa Abu Sway, Integral Chair of Al Ghazli’s Works at Masjid Al Aqsa, and representatives from Awwul Masjid in Cape Town, the Noble Quran’s guardians, attended the handover.In collaboration with Dr Azzam Abu Rayash, who was visiting the Imam of Masjid Al-Aqsa, the Ashraful Aid International Humanitarian Organisation facilitated the handover.
According to IOL, Wadee explained the symbolic nature of the copy, stating that Imam Abdullah ibn Kadi wrote the Quran while imprisoned on Robben Island and was a South African freedom fighter. He added, ‘It’s a magnificent piece of work, and only a few copies were made, and the original was written in the time where there were no printing technologies.’
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