A Quran manuscript held at the University of Birmingham represents one of the oldest pieces of textual evidence of the Islamic holy book, according to radiocarbon analyses done by scientists.

The Qur'an is the sacred book of Islam. In the view of orthodox Muslims, it is the literal word of God as revealed to the Prophet Muhammad (d. 632) in the Arabic language, and thus, recorded in the ...

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The Blue Qur'an, or Al Mushaf al-'Azraq, is one of the most famous and luxurious Quran manuscripts, created between the late 9th century and early 10th century CE for Muslims of Kairouan.

A Quran manuscript has been carbon dated to close to the time of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), making it one of the oldest in the world, a British university said on Wednesday. The two leaves of ...

TEHRAN, November 23. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday presented an old manuscript of Holy Quran as a gift to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei. "Russian ...