By * Pakistani Diamonds *
* Pakistani Diamonds * There was a loud knock on the door. When the old man opened the door, the neighbors and the people of the neighborhood were all together. ? Where is your well-being, brother? Every day your son comes with coal on the walls of our house. I don’t know what he does. He keeps painting all the walls. Explain it or it won’t work. ” The elder husband temporarily sent the people of the neighborhood to explain, but he was also a little annoyed with the complaint, he explained to his son, Don’t give up The son bowed his head and listened, but where was he? These half-diagonal lines were his hobby and who can be detached from hobby. Then the boy stopped blackening the walls out of respect for his father, but he used to make something out of chalk or coal in whatever space he could find except the walls, so this hobby continued to grow, the absence of teachers in the school. With the help of chalk on the blackboard, he continued to fulfill his passion, sometimes scolding and sometimes encouraging. As time went on, he started participating in calligraphy and calligraphy competitions held at the school.
He did not know the rules of calligraphy or letters at all, but as difficult as it was, he would write it down on a piece of paper. Did not have a formal education or identity. He would be the first in the class, he would practice on the blackboard with chalk, he would practice well before the rest of the classmates and teachers came and he would be surprised if he saw a teacher from time to time that teenagers and young children So nice letter Gradually his practice matured but he lost regular guidance.
There was no calligraphy teacher in the school and the art or drawing teacher would teach him a little bit but the boy could write better than these teachers. He continued to win small competitions and became known in the neighborhood as a banner and advertisement writer. Meanwhile, she matriculated and dropped out of school as it became difficult for her to continue her education.
He used to take brushes and paints and go out in the streets, write names in people’s shops, write banners and earn some money. He was not satisfied with this job. Was When I left school, there was an increase in time and work. One day he found a book called, Learn Happiness. The book contained information on Urdu and Arabic scripts, such as basic information on brushes, pens and paints. He memorized the book and began to practice memorizing the letters. One day he went to a big bookstore and asked for a book about his work. He didn’t find any special book but he found a small booklet on Arabic script and he bought it.
Now he could not read Arabic, but he knew the forms of the Arabic letters. While doing small things, he started working for big companies and institutions. Once on a busy highway in Karachi, he was writing a sign board of the Taj Company when a large vehicle came to a halt under the sign and the person in the vehicle signaled him to come down. When he came down, he saw that he was addressed by an Arab man and he was unfamiliar with the Arabic language. A small car came and stopped behind the big car.
There were Pakistanis who knew the Arabic man. He went downstairs and told the boy that the sheikh wanted you to go with him to Saudi Arabia and do calligraphy for him. The boy said, “I don’t know how to speak or write Arabic. How can I do this?” The Arabic man said, “The letter you are writing this banner in is a famous Arabic letter and not everyone can write it.” You are writing it with great skill and you say I don’t even know. He was a friend of the Arab Saudi ambassador and had come to pick up skilled people from Pakistan. He liked the work of the Pakistani calligrapher boy and asked him to accompany him.
Taking permission from home, he made a passport and handed it over to the Sheikh and a few days later he was writing a banner in the Saudi city of Riyadh. After working for many years in Saudi Arabia, he mastered the Arabic language and almost excelled in all Arabic script. His sponsor was a good man and he had great respect for this Pakistani calligrapher.
He took permission from his sponsor and performed Umrah and pilgrimage many times. Once, while praying inside the Prophet’s Mosque in Madina, a desire arose in his heart that I wish I had a chance and calligraphy on a tablet inside the Prophet’s Mosque with my own hand in such a way that the world be amazed. With this desire he came to Riyadh from there, continued to work, time passed but the desire continued to grow.
Once he heard from somewhere that in Madinah it was announced that calligraphers from all over the world are invited to submit a specific text in a specific script on a certain date which will help the calligrapher to win the first position in this competition. If successful, he will be appointed as the calligrapher of the Prophet’s Mosque. He felt as if the time had come for his wish to be fulfilled. When he went there, he saw that such calligraphers from all over the world had brought their work there that his status was nothing in front of them all.
He went and wanted to present his work but no one took him seriously, he was not well known and there was no work that was famous, and from above he wrote signboards and banners instead of writing And then not even the linguists, and so he was not allowed to participate and he returned to Riyadh disappointed. The end of the competition was near and not a single one of them was running.
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He had almost given up when an Arabic man came to his shop. So he was amazed that no one does such a great job in so few riyals. He said, “Come with me and work for me. There you will get double the reward.” When the boy refused, he said in Arabic, “I want to open a shop in Madinah. Tell me if there is another calligrapher.” When the boy heard the name of Madinah, he said, “Take me and I will work there.” He had a hope that it might become my resource. In this way, he almost angered the first kind sponsor and went to Madinah.
The end of the competition was near and there was a lot of work with the new sponsor, it was very difficult to leave the shop.
The new sponsor was extremely happy with his work, there was no one else in Saudi Arabia to do such a thing. Kafeel was as if he had become his disciple, fed him the best food, kissed his hand and forehead whenever he met him, for the sake of great pleasure. One day he told Kafeel that he wanted to take part in a calligraphy competition in the Prophet’s Mosque. Please help me.
Kafeel obeyed him and somehow managed to get him to the contest by telling his acquaintances, his name was registered with great difficulty and he was first written as a sample for the contest and then he was included. ۔ Thus his written tablet and he participated in this competition. The competition was over and it was the day of the announcement of the results. What was the status of his work among the expert teachers from all over the world? However, the result of the competition was announced When the Imam and the jury asked the name and country of the calligrapher, he said: “Shafiqul Zaman, from Pakistan”
The whole assembly fell silent, and calligraphers from all over Arabia were once amazed at how a stranger and a non-Arab won over the Arabs, and the man who was not allowed to take part in the contest won. Thus, the calligrapher of Masjid-e-Nabawi was appointed for the good fortune and happiness of Mr. Shafiq-ul-Zaman, where he wanted to put up a plaque and where to light the door and wall. Gradually he became a teacher of all the calligraphy there. Today, after nearly half a century in Saudi Arabia, eighty-five percent of the work on the walls of the Prophet’s Mosque is handwritten by Shafiq al-Zaman, even through the door (Bab Salam)
The world of Islam enjoys the bliss of attending and greeting the Holy Shrine. All these places have been decorated with the pen and brush of Shafiq-ul-Zaman. Getting a non-Arab calligrapher to the Prophet’s Mosque is nothing short of a miracle and a blessing. Today, the Imam of Haram Mukki considers it a pleasure and pride to meet the calligrapher of Haram Madani and Shafiq-ul-Zaman is consulted for all the calligraphy works of the two holy shrines. 2: Tauqeer Bhulma
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