It took three people to read the Quran this ancient giant

A large-sized Koran that is 2 meters long, 1.2 meters wide and 20 centimeters thick, kept in boarding schools (pesantren) Ta'mirul Islam, Kampung Tegalsari RT 02 RW 01, Village Earth, Laweyan, Solo. Not only that, Ponpes in Jalan KH Samanhudi No. 33 also stores a Koran more smaller, the length of 1 meter, 65 centimeters wide and has a thickness of 14 centimeters.

The Muslim holy book, wrapped in cloth on the outside it is an ancient Koran. Qur'an with wraparound leather mixed with the cardboard paper, stored neatly in home caregiver Ponpes located in one complex. Koran sheet main paper made from paperboard. To carry or move and open the Qur'an it takes at least 3 people, because the size is too large compared to the usual Koran.

It is unfortunate, in the Koran that no author's name and year of manufacture. But the ancient Koran predicted hundreds of years old. The Koran purely from handwriting rather printouts enforcement.

"The Koran in our Ponpes the very old age, it may be hundreds of years. The Qur'an was a family inheritance and was assigned to take care of him," said Head Ponpes Ta'mirul Islam, Muhammad Ali Nahar Assyafi'i told reporters on Saturday (11/6).

According to the man who is familiarly called Abah Ali, the ancient Koran handwritten using black ink. While the boundary paragraph numbering used inks golden yellow color. Verses of the Koran as much as 30 chapters were written by one person. Although the paper is already looking dull, but they can read well.

He added that the Koran The Solo was once offered by the Malaysian Rp 1.2 billion in 2014. However, due to historical and a family heritage that must be preserved, he did not take it off. Abah Ali said today in the city of Solo is only one book of the Koran which amount about the size of his, which is stored in Fatimah Mosque, Jalan Dr Radjiman.

"In the past there has been no printing so that Muslims documenting the verses of the Koran with great paper and handwritten. The Qur'an is a proof of the spread of Islam in Laweyan Solo," he concluded.