In the heart of the holy city of the Syiah, Qom, in Iran, is not far from the tomb of one of the descendants of the prophet Muhammad SAW, Hajrat Fatimah Maxumah, there is a seven-storey sturdy building. The conon of this building is built and equipped with bunkers and construction of bomb attack resistance to protect " enrichment" which is stored inside.
There is nothing special when entering the gate of this library building, unless we will be greeted by a tomb. Then with the metal eyebrows and coated the translucent glass in it is given the lighting of green colored lights. This is the last place for the services of the collector and founder of one of the largest Islamic heritage library in the world, the Prophet Marashi Al Najafi.
The Messenger of Allah who can be recognized from his name, is not from Iran but not born and raised in the city of Najaf, which is the basis of the Syiah in the country of Iraq. Born on 21 July 1897, Marashi small inherits the blood of the prophet Mohammad Mahmud Husaini who brought him to Iran in 1923.
Marashi al Najafi who died in 96 years old, until the end of his life is known as legal experts, fiqih experts, Grand Marja Syiah in the world, silsilah experts, historians, researchers and leading Islamic heritage protectors.
The library is one of the three largest Islamic library in the world has a collection of 75,000 rare manuscripts that 65% of its contents are written in Arabic while the rest in Iran, Turkey, Urdu, Abisinia, Syria and Latin.
Marashi seeks and collaps his books with noble obsessions a true web lovers. She reduces her many years of eating and voluntary selling her clothes and household supplies to get her desired web. It’s not enough that, she also has a spiritual path by applying her Lord to many years to get her desired bow.
Another uniqueness of this library is the existence of Zabur web who is still written by using Latin and various ancient sacred webs, including the ancient Al-Quran written in various styles of writing and the media of his writer. There are also astronomers of the work of one of the major speakers of Islam Al-Thusi, even the most advanced Islamic textbooks, Mulla Sadra.
The Mullah has no harm. He died on 29 August 1999 by leaving the legacy in the form of books collected in full of love. The books will remain an invaluable reference for the generation of science and researchers to the end of the time.
One of the last referees of the Prophet who became the mirror of the true fear of his beloved in the insufficient science until the ajal picked up is, " I am in the entrance of my library, so that the leges of the scientists and Islamic researchers derived across my graves "s;.
Text and photo: Pandu Dewantara
