14.06.2024 The exhibition “Islamic Spirituality”

The exhibition “Islamic Spirituality” dedicated to the holiday of Kurban Ait opened at the Central State Museum of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

The director of the Central Museum, Rashida Yerimkyzy, made a congratulatory speech to the guests, noting the role of Islam in the development and improvement of the spiritual life, culture and development of civilization of all mankind, and its influence in the religious, political, cultural, linguistic and social life of the Kazakh people.

The importance of Islamic culture in the education of young people who have succumbed to the influence of various destructive trends was also noted.
Among the invited guests were Abdurakhim Altai, the son of the famous theologian Khalifa Altai, who first translated the Koran into the Kazakh language, historian-orientalist, PhD Omir Orazuly, head of the Center for Religious Studies of the Institute of Philosophy, Political Science and Religious Studies Almasbek Duissenbekuly Shagyrbay, religious scholar, senior lecturer at Al-Farabi Kazakh National University Zhuzey Amankululy, who drew attention to the value of the unique exhibits of the museum.
By content, the exhibits presented at the exhibition can be grouped into the following sections: Korans, tafsirs (its interpretations), books of Muhammadiyah and Mukhtasar, various lithographic publications of religious content.
We especially note the handwritten relic of unique value presented to the audience for the first time - the genealogy of the prophets, made in the form of a scroll (length - 4 m. 45 cm, width - 25 cm). The manuscript contains the genealogy of 25 dynasties of prophets, starting with Adam and including Muhammad, the four righteous caliphs and the medieval Sufi teacher Jalaluddin Rumi.
Also, at this exhibition you can get acquainted with the original version of the Koran, written in the form of a scroll (length - 9 m. 50 cm., width - 2.5 cm.). The text of 114 suras is written separately in very small letters. At the beginning of the manuscript, four beautiful names of Allah are given.
If we look at it from a chronological point of view, we should especially note the manuscript of the Holy Koran, rewritten in 1643. In addition, the exhibition displays, as a valuable heritage of Islam, Koran, and books of various religious contents, printed in the printing houses of the ancient cities of the East - Istanbul, Bombay, and Egypt, as well as in such large centers as St. Petersburg, Kazan, Orenburg, Tashkent and Samarkand.
Tafsirs (commentaries) to the Holy Koran, a collection of prayers, a brief historical review publication covering the period from Adam to the 19th century, the book of Muhammadiyah, obtained from the library of the famous Mashkhur Zhussup Kopeyev, “Genealogy of the Khoja Family”, written by Mukhamedzhan Seralin, attract the attention of visitors and reveal expositional value of the exhibition.
The exhibition will run until July 2024.