Library in Berlin Says Owns Oldest Surviving Pages of Quran
Publish Date: 4/4/2015 Code: 39543

Library in Berlin Says Owns Oldest Surviving Pages of Quran

A Swiss laboratory has reportedly confirmed through radiocarbon dating that parchment pages from a Quran copy date back to no more than 20 years after the demise of the Holy Prophet (PBUH).

 

Library in Berlin Says Owns Oldest Surviving Pages of Quran

A Swiss laboratory has reportedly confirmed through radiocarbon dating that parchment pages from a Quran copy date back to no more than 20 years after the demise of the Holy Prophet (PBUH).

The fragmentary Quran is believed to be one of the oldest remaining in the world.

The leaves belonged to a German scholar who lived in Cairo early in the 20th century.

The main academic library in Berlin purchased the German's papers after his death, Sputnik News reported.

A Swiss laboratory has confirmed that the radiocarbon dating shows that the parchment dates from between 606 and 652 C.E., or no more than 20 years after Prophet Mohammed's (PBUH) demise in 632.

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