oldest Quran in gold

[emkhan]

How beautiful and amazing

[Notorious Pashtana]

wow how amazing, and what a lucky millionaire to be able to own it. though surely it should be in a museum for all to see!

btw, what does marginal notes mean? is it referring to ayah numbers or something else?

[emkhan]

marginal notes i think mean by the small interpretation at one side of the page...

[Notorious Pashtana]

i was hoping that's what they meant! shouldn't people get to see those? new "translations" or interpretations for that matter are turning out to be all sorts. be interesting to see the changes/differences in interpretations over the years.

[faye]

i hope it was bought by a muslim and it would be good to be able to view it. maybe a museum bought it.

[Manzareh]

This shouldn't even have been for sale, how dare they, this Koran should be put in an Islamic museum, if the worlds oldest bible was found in Palestine or something it would directly be Christian property, they'd fly over take it for free and go. And how the he'll didn't some Arab billionare that buys a new Ferrari for everyday of the week not buy it? A million pounds is just pocket money for them. This Quran belongs to the muslim people of should be put on display near the Kaaba or something.

[faye]

it doesn't say who sold it either.

[Catya Sher]

Manzareh is right.
The only silver lining in the cloud is the fact that these very precious items
CAN change hands quickly.
They do get re-sold.
Usually there are announcements by Sotheby's, Christie's etc well in advance.

Next time, maybe a museum such as the Islamic one in Istanbul for example,
could be poised ready to pounce and snap it up.

They need funding, though, which takes time to arrange, one suspects.
At least maybe Islamic museums in secure countries will be on their toes now when this Holy Quran
comes for sale again, which it surely will, Inshallah.

If it went to somewhere which was in a war or about to go up in flames,
that would be counterproductive.

[Where's that Qaddafi oil money when he's really needed ?!]

[Notorious Pashtana]

personally i wouldn't be fussed about who has it for keeps as long as what's written on it is made public.

[IamDZJ]

it should have been in a museum but may be the money is going for a good cause.

[maneatinglizard]

It's a shame that we can no longer protect ourselves from others.

[ScimitarXEdge]

Brothers and Sisters, don't become like Hindus and start idolizing artifacts; it's the content not the material it's pressed on. Remember at once time the Qur'an was written on parchments.

[ScimitarXEdge]

It's a shame that we can no longer protect ourselves from others.

and sadly that is largely our own fault for not being united for focusing on nationalism and seeking after shallow benefits rather than developing our own self sufficient means.

[faye]

that particular quran must have an amazing history. one wonders how it came into the hands of an individual and not one of your important mosques. probably stolen by invaders.