The 700 year old mosque in Xian Shanxi, China, built during the Hongwu reign of the Ming dynasty, with further additions during the Qing dynasty, has the complete holy Quran written on tits walls.
The architecture excellence takes its mantra from a fusion of Arabic and Nastaliq script brought on to the walls with no voids for imperfection and is indeed a blissful gift, which after construction was next taken in responsibility and renovation under impact of Qing dynasty, the News International reported.
In 1956, the mosque was declared a ‘historical and cultural site protected at the Shaanxi province level, and was later promoted to a ‘major historical and cultural site protected at the national level in 1988. The mosque is still used as a place of worship by Chinese Muslims, primarily Hui people.
