An artist compiling Holy Quran with wheat straw

MULTAN, June 11, (APP)::Allah Dittah Khanpuri, a tailor by profession, intends to compile the
Holy Quran with wheat straw by pasting it with glue on silky cloth
in a unique manner and way.
Currently, he has been composing first para of the Holy Quran
for the last 3 months and hopes to accomplish the Holy Quran with
six to seven years.
In an interview with APP on Sunday, Allah Dita popularly known
as AD Khanpuri, said he was fond of this art since he was a school
going kid and was inspired by an artist who made portrait of
Quaid-I-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah and Allama Muhammad Iqbal
in a tv programme.
“I have no teacher and have developed this art myself. With
the passage of time, my eagerness flourished.” he said.
The artist who is resident of Khanpur Katora informed that
one para cost Rs 30,000 and he needed Rs 0.9 million to
compile complete the Holy Quran.
He appealed government and philanthropists to extend
financial assistance for completion of this noble deed.
To a question, he informed that he composes the Holy
Quran after ablution, adding he uses pair of scissors, cutter,
glue, campus, forecep, and thin wooden sticks for compiling
the Holy Quran in this novel way.
‘I’m doing with self-help by now. At times, people visit
me for its ziarat (watching and pay me some money. I wish
to exhibit my work in an exhibition but I have no resource
for it,” AD stated.
To another question, the artist said he keeps the
scanned copy of the para in front of him while writing
the Holy Quran.
Replying another question, AD said that he got his
primary education from his village and could not continue
it due to humble parentage.
He informed that he had composed Aetul Qursi, Model
of Quaid-I-Azam tomb, and National Anthem with wheat
straw.