Taroudant – Heddem Arts, a company that sells in rare Islamic arts and calligraphy, announced its possession of the only handmade herbal cream Holy Quran in the world, which will be showcased in an exhibition to be held in Dubai from December 7 to 11.
Three decades after its creation by Turkish doctor, Unani Doctor Hamdi Taher (1897-2003), this Quran is reportedly made from approximately 200 herbs and “have many therapeutic properties”.
“We are honored to receive this labor of devotion from the late Hakim Hamdi Taher who devoted his life to creating this unique herbal Holy Qur’an,” Abdul Azeaz Bin Hassan Moulavi Malabari, Islamic religious advisor at Heddem Arts, told Arabian Business on Friday.
According to the webpage of the company, Herbal cream has been used to write “the letters, chapter names, chapter headings on the top and sides of the pages, border designs, page numbers and edges of the sheets.”
The same source added that the entire book is “made from medicinal herbal extracts from start to finish.”
“The colors of the letters depends upon the herbal cream mixture used to write it. Every sheet has at least a dozen herbs in it,” Heddem Arts said.
First of its kind, the herbal cream Holy Quran, is composed of 606 pages and weighs about 7.5 kilos.
