The Biggest Quran Unveiled in Kabul, Afghanistan

The world's largest Quran has been unveiled in Kabul, the Afghan capital. Afghan calligrapher Mohammed Sabeer Khedri Hussani, age 52, and nine student apprentices created this enormous masterpiece. The spent five years working on theis, 18 hours a day, seven days a week.

The book weighs in at 1,102 pounds and contains 218 pages of cloth and paper, bound in a leather cover made from the skins of 21 goats.

World's Biggest Quran in Russia

The world’s biggest Quran was presented in Kazan, the capital of the Russian republic of Tatarstan. The Quran arrived from Italy where best jewel makers worked for a year. This is one of the world’s biggest Quran. The size of the Quran is – 1.5 m by 2 m, and 3 m by 2 m if unfolded. It weighs 800 kg. The 120-kg frame cover is tinseled with gold and silver and adorned with malachite, jasper and phianites. The 162 pages were embossed on gold leafs at the Moscow Mint.