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It is all at Ameen's finger tip
Written by: Ismail Meladi,  Photo: Arun Jacob - Gulf Today Dec 1999

        Muhammed Ameen did not know what he was possessing was an invaluable gift,  until a news about the smallest Holy Quran appeared in a Kerala newspaper four years ago. Immediately after reading the news, he took a scale and measured the miniature Quran which was given to him by his father. He found that his Quran was smaller than the one quoted by the newspaper.

        Muhammed Ameen, a 22 year old Keralite from Puratheel, Kannur who arrived in the UAE an year and a half ago, is working as a Secretary at East West Management Consultants, Dubai

        Ameen's Quran is as small as a fingertip. It is 1.9cm high, 1cm wide and 1 cm thick.He said that this Quran was gifted to his father, Mohammed Moulavi, 25 years ago,  by an Arab National. Moulavi, a scholar of Islam as well as Arabic and English languages, is also working in the UAE with Dubai Library. Ameen said his father gave it to him when he was just 10 year-old. Moulavi said that since it was 25 years ago, he cannot remember the name of the Arab who gave him the Quran..

        "I was not capable of understanding the importance of the gift at that age though  I was thrilled by the size of it. Four years ago, Mathrubhumi,(Read) a Kerala daily, published  a news item on the smallest Quran. It is only then I remembered that I also have something similar," said Ameen.

       "Suddenly I realised the importance of my gift. When I measured my Quran it was smaller. Then I gave the news to Mathrubhumi. A few days ago, I came to know that  The Gulf Today has published a photo of the Quran displayed at Kafr Al Zayt, North Cairo which is 2.5cm high, 1cm wide and 1cm thick. My Quran happened to be smaller than that," said Ameen.

        Ameen, who also has a collection of 4000 stamps of 150 countries, was a student of Nusrathul Islam Arabic College, Muzhappala, Kannur, before coming to the UAE. His father, an avid reader of Islam, is fond of collecting religious books in Arabic.

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