Beit Al Qur'an, Hoora

Beit Al Qur'an (Arabic: بيت القرآن) means House of Qur'an in Arabic. It is an Islamic museum at Hoora, Manama, in Bahrain, which is an island country in the Persian Gulf. Exhibition Avenue, Hoora Hoora (Arabic: الحورة) is a place in Manama, in the island kingdom of Bahrain. ... The Arabic language (Arabic: ‎ transliterated: ), or simply Arabic (Arabic: ‎ transliterated: ), is the largest member of the Semitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family (classification: South Central Semitic) and is closely related to Hebrew and Aramaic. ... The , (Arabic: recitation, also transliterated as Quran, Koran, and Alcoran, Turkish Kuran), is the central religious text of Islam. ... Arabic can mean: From or related to Arabia From or related to the Arabs The Arabic language; see also Arabic grammar The Arabic alphabet, used for expressing the languages of Arabic, Persian, Malay ( Jawi), Kurdish, Panjabi, Pashto, Sindhi and Urdu, among others. ... For other uses, including people named Islam, see Islam (disambiguation). ... Exhibition Avenue, Hoora Hoora (Arabic: الحورة) is a place in Manama, in the island kingdom of Bahrain. ... Bahrain from space, June 1996 Manama (Arabic: المنامة Al-Manāmah) is the capital city of Bahrain and is the countrys largest city with a population of approximately 155,000, roughly a quarter of countrys entire population. ... Map of the Persian Gulf. ...

The House of the Qur'an was built to accommodate a comprehensive and valuable collection of the Holy Qur'an and rare manuscripts, a concept which is unique in the Arabian Gulf. All visitors are welcome, and the complex comprises a mosque, a library, an auditorium, a school and museum consisting of ten exhibition halls.

This great institution and its museum house an internationally celebrated collection of historic Quranic manuscripts from various parts of the Islamic world, from China in the East to Spain in the West, representing a progression of calligraphic traditions from the first century of the Islamic era to the present day. Calligraphy in a Latin Bible of AD 1407 on display in Malmesbury Abbey, Wiltshire, England. ...

Apart from housing the museum, Beit Al Qur'an also has a lecture hall, a mosque, a library and a school for Islamic studies. The Badshahi Masjid in Lahore, Pakistan with an iwan at center, three domes, and five visible minarets A mosque is a place of worship for followers of the Islamic faith. ...

See also

• Khamis Mosque
• List of tourist attractions in Bahrain
• Islam in Bahrain

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External links

• Beit Al Qur'an website