A calligrapher worked for five years to create the world’s biggest Qur’an. The lavish book, with pages measuring 2.28 metres by 1.55 metres, has been certified as the world’s largest by the Afghan ministry of Haj and religious affairs. The previous claim to the title was for a copy unveiled last year in Russia’s Tatarstan region.
The Afghan Qur’an weighs 500kg and its 218 pages of cloth and paper, bound inside an embossed leather cover made from the skins of 21 goats, cost over £300,000 to create.
Mohammad Sabir Khedri, the master calligrapher behind the project, worked with nine students on a design that combines gold script with millions of tiny colourful dots, forming highly symbolic decorations around the giant pages.
