Miniature Quran of 2 x 1 centimetres kept by family in Albania

RELIGIOUS NEWS AGENCY (REDNA) –  A miniature Quran 2 x 1 centimeters has been preserved by a family in Albania for several years.

The Islam channel reports that a miniature Quran, considered one of the smallest in the world, has been kept by an Albanian family in Tirana for several generations.

The tiny book, two centimetres wide and one centimetre thick, is believed to have been found while digging for a new house in the Djakovica region of Kosovo towards the end of the 19th century,

It was found laying over the heart of a perfectly preserved body of a man buried there. The book’s 900 pages can be read only with a powerful magnifying glass.

It’s suggested that it has survived a history of wars and authoritarian regimes because it could be easily hidden due to its miniature size.