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18 November 2011
The world’s biggest Quran was presented in Kazan, the capital of the Russian republic of Tatarstan, on Thursday. The Quran arrived from Italy where best jewel makers worked for a year and a half on a folio that is destined to become yet another Muslim relic.
There are no limits to love of God, or the prophet’s word. And a special new edition of the Muslim sacred text certainly speaks volumes. The world’s biggest Quran, decorated with precious stones and gold, now belongs to Russia.
This hefty holy book requires not only strong devotion, but also strong arms to read, as it weighs a mammoth 800 kilograms and boasts 632 pages sized two by one and a half meters. The gold- and silver-encrusted cover studded with malachite and semi-precious stones holds a giant turquoise 14 centimeters in diameter. The price of this opulent opus is unknown, but it took over a year to make.
The carefully crafted Quran was ordered from Italy for the Foundation on Restoring Cultural and Historical Heritage in Russia’s republic of Tatarstan. And it’s certainly got a spirited reception. “This edition of the Koran has become a precious gift to all Russian Muslims,” says the Islamic spiritual leader of Tatarstan, Ildus Faizov.
The unique edition now resides in a mosque within the Kremlin of the city of Kazan. Next summer, the weighty holy tome will be moved to Bolgary - a Tatarstan region which embraced Islam as its official religion in 922.
The next largest edition of the Quran resides in South Sumatra, Indonesia. This wooden version was long hailed as the world’s biggest. But it isn’t in fact a book - this holy scripture consists of 315 wooden planks for carved pages - each 177 centimeters tall, 140 centimeters wide and 2.5 centimeters thick.
Another huge Quran was also discovered in Indonesia, in an Islamic boarding school in West Java. This one is a whopping 200 centimeters tall and 140 centimeters wide.
In 2009, Abu Dhabi book fair sold an Indonesian Koran manuscript, sized 120cm by 80cm.
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Slovenian-owned company makes world's biggest Quran
12 November 2011
ARC Group, a Gorizia-based company owned by two Slovenians, has made the world's biggest Quran.
The book ornamented with more than a hundred precious stones was transported from Italian city Gorizia to its destination, one of the biggest mosques in Russia's Kazan.
The book, which cost exceeded one million euro, is produced by the ARC Group owned by Novogoricanov Nedjana and Cernetic Bratasevca.
The Quran size is 200x150 centimeters and weighs 500 pounds. The base is made of Russian wood birch, and covered with calf leather. The cover’s edges are decorated with gold, panels of malachite, and precious stones.
On the front cover, the book is decorated with Turquoise; corners are dressed with coral powder, and total of 113 precious and semi precious stones.
Here are some pictures of the biggest Holy Quran:
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