Award-winning Pakistani artist Shahid Rassam is preparing the first-of-its-kind project to cast the Holy Quran with aluminium and gold-plated words, Khaleej Times reported.
Addressing a press conference at Pakistan Association Dubai, Shahid Rassam said, “I will be using about 200kg gold and 2,000kg aluminium to cast around 80,000 words on 550 pages. Each page will have 150 words.”
Rassam said he will present Surah Rahman as part of the world’s largest Holy Quran to be showcased at Expo 2020 Dubai.
“Expo 2020 Dubai is one the biggest events to take place in the region. I consider it to be the perfect platform to showcase my creative work to millions of visitors over a period of six months.”
He said, “I will display ‘Surah Rahman — the heart of Holy Quran’ as part of his creative concept that is in line with the Expo them of ‘Connecting Minds, Creating the Future’.”
