Those interested in antiques and heritage collectibles are looking for anything that distinguishes them and makes them rare, including Jordanian Ibrahim Ahmed Nawar, who owns the smallest printed copy of the Holy Quran in the world.
Nawar, 62, from the city of Salt (west of the capital, Amman), his love for acquiring old things prompted him to create his own museum called the "Permanent Folk Heritage Museum".
From a small box, the man in his sixties took out a small Qur’an with a green cover, less than two centimeters long, to show that it was a printed copy of the Holy Qur’an.
"This Qur'an is the smallest Qur'an in the world, according to what the experts who visited me told me, its width is 1.5 cm and its length is 2.5 cm," Nawar told Anadolu Agency.
He continued, "They said that the smallest printed copy in the world was 1.75 x 2.5 centimeters, but this copy is less than that, to be the smallest."
The Smallest Quran Box in the World (Anatolia)
The Qur’an, which does not contain any dates for printing the entire surah with its index, has thin and minute papers, numbered and decorated pages, and no one can read it except through a microscope.
Nawar explained that he obtained it from a resident of Salt more than 40 years ago, specifically in 1980, "and that person was 75 years old at the time, and he is still alive, and he is considered one of the city's architects."
"When that person gave me this copy of the Qur'an, he told me that he had inherited it from his father," he added.
The smallest Quran letters in the world can only be read using a microscope (Anatolia)
He pointed out that "many articles were written about this Qur'an in the eighties of the last century, and experts who saw it expected that it was more than 100 years old, and that its printing dates back to the first decades of the 20th century."
He added, "Those who know the history of paper have confirmed that it is of high quality and accurate in manufacturing and printing, and technicians cannot manufacture it with this accuracy unless they are Turks or Iranians, but they preferred the Turks because the Qur'an is printed in Arabic."
Because of his love and attachment and his desire not to abandon this rare copy of the Noble Qur’an, Nawar said, “Thank God, I was able to read Surat Al-Baqarah using a microscope, and that process lasted about 10 days, due to the small font and its need to focus, in addition to Surat Al-Kahf in one of the Fridays.” ".
The smallest Quran in the world as it appears in the hands of a newer (Anatolia)
The city of Al-Salt is the fourth largest city in the Kingdom by population, and was called in the past "Saltos" in relation to the Greek leader who conquered it at the time of Alexander the Great and built a temple for the god "Zeus" in the "Ze" area.
On June 27, the World Heritage Committee of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) decided to approve the inclusion of Salt, "the city of tolerance and civilized hospitality", on the World Heritage List.
The city is characterized by its cultural and religious diversity, and contains many archaeological and heritage sites, most notably the Ottoman Saraya House, which was established on the occasion of Sultan Abdul Hamid's accession to the throne in 1896.