H E Zamshari Shaharan, Malaysian Ambassador to Qatar, and other officials during their visit to Qur'anic Botanic Garden.
Doha: The Qur’anic Botanic Garden (QBG) recently welcomed a delegation from the Embassy of Malaysia in Qatar. QBG is the first garden in the world to exhibit all plant species mentioned in the Quran, Hadith, and Sunnah,
QBG’s staff welcomed the visitors with a guided tour through the garden, its facilities, and its mock-up garden in Education City. The delegation included H E Zamshari Shaharan, Malaysian Ambassador to Qatar, and embassy officials. They learned about the diverse range of plants and trees in Islamic culture and their relevance in the Quran, Hadith and Sunnah, as well as QBG’s various environmental awareness campaigns and natural habitat restoration initiatives across Qatar.
The guests were shown around QBG’s Botanical Museum. It exhibits plant modules and traditional tools made from plants, illustrates botanical terms in the Quran, and immerses visitors in authentic Arab and Islamic heritage and traditions. The visit took place with strict adherence to social distancing and COVID-19 preventive and precautionary safety measures.
H E Zamshari Shaharan said: “I would like to extend our gratitude to the wise leadership of the Qatari government on the creation of QBG in Education City. I would also like to express my appreciation and that of our embassy’s for the warm reception by Fatima Al Khulaifi, Director of QBG, and her team during our visit. It reminds us of the greenery mentioned in the Quran as a living testimony of Islam as a religion of the universe.
“We really appreciate the work done by the management to maintain this Islamic knowledge and illuminate the benefits for Muslims and others, as well as to disseminate the information to the public. The embassy looks forward to further collaboration between Malaysia and QBG to further expand knowledge transfer and the collection of the plants in the Garden.”
Embassies in Qatar, including the UK, Russia, Turkey, and India, have also recognised the important role that QBG, a member of Qatar Foundation, plays in environmental conservation and restoration.
