Quarantine with Quran: Hyderabad cab driver uses six months of lockdown to produce the Holy book in his handwriting - Hindustan Times
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Quarantine with Quran: Hyderabad cab driver uses six months of lockdown to produce the Holy book in his handwriting

Hyderabad (Telangana) [India] | ByAsian News International | Posted by Zarafshan Shiraz
Oct 01, 2020 05:24 PM IST

Practising his calligraphy skills, a cab driver from Hyderabad made the most of the six-seven months of Covid-19 lockdown to produce a copy of the Holy Quran in his handwriting

Utilising the COVID-19-induced lockdown, a cab driver from Hyderabad has managed to produce a copy of the Holy Quran in calligraphy in just about six months.

Hyderabad cab driver produces Quran in calligraphy in six months(Twitter/KBAthewarrior)
Hyderabad cab driver produces Quran in calligraphy in six months(Twitter/KBAthewarrior)

When world complaint about being locked inside house for months during the lockdowns, Mohammed Afzal, whose writing experience was limited to slate and chalk, burnt midnight oil to produce a copy of the holy book in his handwriting.

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“I never learnt calligraphy but once I started writing just before the nationwide lockdown started, I became better and better. Now I feel good that I have completed the whole Quran in six-seven months,” Afzal tells ANI.

He adds usually he would not find time to write because of his profession as a cab driver. “But after the lockdown started, I got time to write the Quran. During the month of Ramadan, I spent about 16 to 18 hours continuously writing the Quran,” he says.

Afzal thanks his father who taught his writing on slate. “But I had to discontinue my studies. When I used to read the Quran, I always wished that I could write it one day,” Afzal tells ANI, adding his hobby is writing.

A local mufti, Sadiq Mohiuddin Faheem, said it is good that Afzal utilised the lockdown for a very good cause.

“I was happy when he approached me with the handwritten Quran,” he said.

(This story has been published from a wire agency feed without modifications to the text. Only the headline has been changed.)

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