Hilmi \u015eehito\u011flu, an 84-year-old from Erzurum, T\u00fcrkiye, fulfilled his lifelong dream by handwriting the entire Quran in calligraphy after six years of dedicated work. \u015eehito\u011flu began learning Arabic at age 71, motivated by a desire to leave a meaningful legacy for his children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Starting with shorter surahs, he gradually progressed, completing the Quran at age 76. The process involved extensive revision, including rewriting hundreds of pages to maintain stylistic consistency. Initially, writing a page took several days, but by the end, he could complete one in about one to one-and-a-half hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u015eehito\u011flu\u2019s journey began after retirement when he enrolled in Ottoman Turkish and Arabic calligraphy courses. He described the Quran as \u201cthe most sacred inheritance\u201d and shared that the project brought him great spiritual peace and fulfillment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He has gifted printed copies to his three children and encourages young people to read, highlighting the Quran\u2019s first command, \u201cRead,\u201d as a guiding principle throughout his life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Hilmi \u015eehito\u011flu, an 84-year-old from Erzurum, T\u00fcrkiye, fulfilled his lifelong dream by handwriting the entire Quran in calligraphy after six years of dedicated work. \u015eehito\u011flu began learning Arabic at age 71, motivated by a desire to leave a meaningful legacy for his children. Starting with shorter surahs, he gradually progressed, completing the Quran at age …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":122863,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"yes","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_108372464460192_245495985553329":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[2930],"tags":[13777,13776],"class_list":["post-122862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-turkey","tag-elderly-artist","tag-hand-written-calligraphic-quran"],"yoast_head":"\n