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World's largest Quran on display
| Oooooh! Mom! Take me there! |
| Now the 41,417th most holy relic in Islam. |
SIALKOT: The district government has displayed the world's largest Quran for public view in Sialkot city made by a Gujranwala-based engineer, Javaid Iqbal. Talking to reporters, Javaid Iqbal said the total weight of the 202-page holy book, which is made of stainless steel, is 9,000 kilogrammes, while the weight of each page is 70 kilogrammes. The book is eight feet long and four feet wide. Iqbal said it took two and a half years to prepare it in collaboration with philanthropists from Sialkot and Gujranwala at a total cost of Rs 8.5 million. An audio system is also installed. He said the Quran would soon be sent to Masjid-e-Nabvi as a gift to Saudi Arabia.
"Yo! Abdullah! Where y'want us to put this nine-ton Koran?"
"Put it over there, with the others!" |
| Is it blasphemy if it rains and the sucker begins to rust? |
Posted by: Fred 2006-05-10 |
